Anyone else having trouble with Wordpress 2.8?

Posted by Tricia in Thursday, June 25th 2009

For the first time ever, I updated to the newest version of Wordpress on the day that it came out. I believe that was June 11th. I spent that day upgrading all my blogs – all 17 of them!

Most of the installations went well, but I’m having trouble with my blogs on Feverishthoughts.com. The visual editor doesn’t work. Normally this wouldn’t bother me all that much since I do most of my writing in the plain text HTML mode, but if you want to add a picture via the “add an image” tab it doesn’t work. I click on the tab and nothing happens.

Same goes for adding post tags. I have to add tags for my posts by saving the post as a draft, then going to the Post section and doing a quick edit to add the tags.

I tend to upload most of my pictures to my Flickr account and then use the Flickr code to add them to my posts, however without being able to use “visual mode” I can’t re-size my images if they need an adjustment.

The two blogs that suffer the most from my lack of ability to use visual mode and add pictures are my photo blog (naturally!) and my gardening blog. I have tons of new photos of the flowers that are blooming in my garden and I can’t post them! How frustrating!

It sounds like the current beta version of Wordpress 2.8.1 will address these issues, but given my experience I think I’ll hold off downloading the beta version for now.

Oh and it’s not a plugin conflict. Even with all my plugins deactivated I still can’t use the visual editor. I’ve also cleared my browser cache and tried re-installing wordpress (automatically) and that didn’t help either.

I think I’ll try manually upgrading one of my blogs and see if that helps. Maybe some of the files were corrupted when I used the automatic upgrade.

Anyone else having similar problems with Wordpress?

Next time I’ll wait a couple of weeks before upgrading after a new version comes out.

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Topics: Blogging, Web and Technology, Wordpress
Tags: add media, add photo, automatic update, beta, blog, Blogging, blogs, doesnt work, frustrating, manual upgrade, new version, problems, tabs, upgrade, visual editor, wordpress 2.8

20 users responded to this post

Copart (0 comments.) said in June 26th, 2009 at 7:07 am

Damn, that’s a lot of work. Still, at times like this it’s good to be right! I’ve made it my personal rule not to update software right away, as it usually still has tons of bugs.
Think about doing the same in the future Update only after the 1st patch for the newest version has come out.

gorillas (0 comments.) said in June 26th, 2009 at 7:09 pm

Sometimes, if it is a javascript error, it might be the specific browser you are using. Sometimes specific versions of IE cause problems. You could try Firefox, Safari, Chrome, etc. Probably just a bug though. I would try the beta out somewhere and see how it goes.

Alex Geschenkideen (0 comments.) said in June 26th, 2009 at 10:15 pm

Tricia, I have the same problem with you, too! I’m having trouble with my blogs when I updated the newest version of WordPress. Oh well, this is already a lesson for us. Next time, I will not update new versions of software right away.

moralde (5 comments.) said in June 26th, 2009 at 11:31 pm

That’s it. I have been roaming around the net seeking confirmation for the urge to update. Now, I guess I’ll wait a few more weeks, months maybe, just to be sure I won’t be messing up my blog. I’m not that PHP savvy to take the risk.

Steve Orris (1 comments.) said in June 27th, 2009 at 12:36 am

I love the wordpress platform but I never rush into an upgrade. I’ll wait a week or two minimum. Maybe a month. I’ve had trouble in the past too. I thought it was a theme I had installed but I tried several themes and it didn’t change anything. I concluded that Wordpress and IE just didn’t play well together as Firefox worked perfectly.

Pozycjonowanie Poznan (0 comments.) said in June 30th, 2009 at 6:59 am

I have just update my wordpress to version 2.8. So far I have no problems, but I use not to many futers and plugins so ther is no trouble at all.

RennyBA (61 comments.) said in June 30th, 2009 at 5:51 pm

You’ve got some great helps already and I’ve nothing to add since I have not updated – yet. Maybe I’ll wait a while no, so thanks for bringing it up.

miette (1 comments.) said in July 1st, 2009 at 4:31 pm

I had never used Quick Edit, because nothing I do is quick, but your tip about using it to add tags just saved my head from permanently denting the wall (yes, I’m experiencing these problems too). If I were in the room I’d smother you with all sorts of expressions of gratitude. Thanks thanks thanks!

Italian Guy (0 comments.) said in July 1st, 2009 at 7:29 pm

I’ve updated my blog to 2.8 but haven’t noticed anything wrong with it, though the fact is I love Wordpress so much that I may be blind to whatever faults it has.

Kevin Lenton (0 comments.) said in July 2nd, 2009 at 8:15 pm

I installed 2.8, didn’t like it. Went back to the old one. I had some trouble with writing post and viewing them and there seemed to be a small bug with certain plugins. I have now downgraded, and I will wait till all the hassle about the 2.8 is over. Once everything is resolved, I will be upgrading. The old version works just as well, wordpress is a great platform! I will just wait.

lukisan minimalis (0 comments.) said in July 3rd, 2009 at 8:20 am

i have installed it but no problem,..
it’s just fine,.

Itchy (0 comments.) said in July 3rd, 2009 at 12:32 pm

Try to add to wp-config.php this string

define( ‘CONCATENATE_SCRIPTS’, false );

This worked for me. But also you can use “Re-install Automatically” feature that fix this bug.

Tricia says – Hmmm I’ll look into that wp-config string. I have tried the re-install feature and it didn’t work to fix the problem. Unfortunately.

T-Law (0 comments.) said in July 3rd, 2009 at 5:22 pm

Still doesn’t updated. Waiting for good reviews.

Grey Fuzz (0 comments.) said in July 4th, 2009 at 11:31 pm

Been running 2.8 on several blogs and have yet to run into any issues, unlike the last 2.7.x which constantly gave me fits with the editor very similar to what you are describing with 2.8. The issue must be somewhere between the applets and browsers and maybe OS.

Everything works fine using FF in Linux, but in windoze switching between FF and Chrome often helped.

Not a lot of help I guess, but the issue extends beyond 2.8 as far as I can see.

Good Luck!

pz (0 comments.) said in July 4th, 2009 at 11:53 pm

My problems with 2.8 are in the design area.

Copy and paste always creates problems on my blogs. I go into the style sheet, for instance, and try to copy and past something and get a “v” and a bunch of blank lines.

Also, it’s almost impossible to use with IE, so I’ve switched to editing everything with firefox.

CyberCelt (1 comments.) said in July 5th, 2009 at 1:15 am

When I went to 2.7, I was told to do a clean install except for .htacess, photographs and plugins. I was also told to not do auto-install.

I probably will not upgrade to 2.8 anytime soon. Good luck.

Happy 4th.

jafer (1 comments.) said in July 5th, 2009 at 9:42 am

I didn’t have any problems with this version, but I’ve had lots before, so I never update right away. It’s always something. Sorry I can’t offer any help.

Jean-Luc Picard (421 comments.) said in July 5th, 2009 at 12:47 pm

New versions of anything are trouble.

Tony (1 comments.) said in July 6th, 2009 at 8:58 pm

I am having problems too, however it’s weird. I have 2 almost identical blogs, different content but using the same theme and almost the same plugins. One works ok, but the other will not do an automated backup, which is frustrating. I saw that 2.8.1 ought to fix that, but I am also wary of installing manually. I love the automated upgrades.

I hope you manage to eliminate the problems.

lenny (0 comments.) said in July 15th, 2009 at 10:52 am

also had problems with 2.8. Thing is 2.8 wants more than 16 MB cache at php.ini. Php.ini has to be set on 32 MB. Unfortunately this can only be changed by your internet provider. Php.ini is at the server configuration. When wordpress realized their mistake they came with 2.8.1, changing the chache back so it works with 16 MB.
When trying to to upgrade to 2.8.1 I got all kind of other errors which can be solved if someone has lots of time. So what I did change it back to 2.7 what I had previously and it works.
Right, good advice, to wait when new upgerades are available.

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