After updating ACF Pro from 5.3.8.1 to 5.3.9, buttons and tabs on the post edit screen stopped working. My client lost the ability to insert media or switch between Visual and Text modes. Restoring version 5.3.8.1 fixed the problem.
Other sites don’t have this problem so I’m guessing it’s a conflict with another plugin. I don’t have time right now to try to narrow it down but wanted to notify you in case others have this problem. I’ve attached a quick dump of the WP environment.
WordPress: 4.3.3
Web Server: Apache/2.2.22
PHP: 5.3.29
MySQL: 5.1.72-rel14.10
Active Plugins:
ManageWP – Worker (v4.1.33) by ManageWP
Gravity Forms (v1.9.19) by rocketgenius
Admin Quick Jump (v1.4) by James Kemp
Advanced Custom Fields PRO (v5.3.8.1) by Elliot Condon
Advanced Post Types Order (v3.9.2.1) by Nsp Code
AJAX Thumbnail Rebuild (v1.12) by junkcoder
Cookies for Comments (v0.5.5) by Donncha O Caoimh
Duplicate Post (v2.6) by Enrico Battocchi
WordPress Editorial Calendar (v3.6.2) by Colin Vernon, Justin Evans, Joachim Kudish, Mary Vogt, and Zack Grossbart
The Events Calendar PRO (v3.12.6) by Modern Tribe, Inc.
Google Analytics by MonsterInsights (v5.5) by MonsterInsights
Gravity Forms – Placeholders add-on (v1.2.1) by Joan Piedra
Gravity Forms MailChimp Add-On (v3.7.1) by rocketgenius
JW Player 6 Plugin for WordPress (v2.1.14) by LongTail Video Inc.
Limit Login Attempts (v1.7.1) by Johan Eenfeldt
McWebby Magnific Popup (v00.01.00) by Donna McMaster
McWebby Custom Post Types (v00.03.01) by Donna McMaster
Blubrry PowerPress (v6.3.3) by Blubrry
SEO Data Transporter (v0.9.11) by Nathan Rice
Simple Page Ordering (v2.2.4) by Jake Goldman, 10up
Simple Sitemap (v1.86) by David Gwyer
Stream (v3.0.6) by XWP
Category Order and Taxonomy Terms Order (v1.4.8) by Nsp-Code
The Events Calendar Category Colors (v4.4.5) by Andy Fragen, Barry Hughes
The Events Calendar (v4.1.4) by Modern Tribe, Inc.
Yoast SEO (v3.3.1) by Team Yoast
WP Migrate DB Pro CLI (v1.2.4) by Delicious Brains
WP Migrate DB Pro Media Files (v1.4.4) by Delicious Brains
WP Migrate DB Pro (v1.6) by Delicious Brains
WP Code Builder – Clean Content (v1.0) by WP Code Builder
Must-use Plugins:
ManageWP – Worker Loader (v) by ManageWP
McWebby Debug Log (v0.3.0) by Donna McMaster
Hi @mcdonna,
Thanks for reaching out to us.
I agree with you speculation as its most likely a plugin conflict on your site.
In order to ascertain which plugin is causing the issue, you will need to deactivate the plugins one by one in order to narrow down on the plugin that is causing the issue.
Once you locate the problematic plugin, you can easily find an alternative of find the cause of the issue.
Hopefully this helps.
Follow up … the latest release of ACF 5.4.3 fixes the problem.
