Do you see an error that says “The Content of this page cannot be edited” message when you try editing a page or post in Thrive Architect? There could be two reasons you see this.
In this article, we’ll understand two reasons why this error might occur and the ways you can fix it.
- What is the “Content of this page cannot be edited” error
- Troubleshooting 1: Checking the post content element
- Troubleshooting 2: Checking the post link and slug
What is the “Content of this page cannot be edited” error?
If at all you come across an error that says The Content of this page cannot be edited, it looks something like the one you see in the image below.
Troubleshooting 1: Checking the post content element
The first troubleshooting step we recommend you to check is whether the Post content element is present in Thrive Theme Builder.
You’ll see this error if the Post content element isn’t found.
To verify whether this is the reason you see the error, check whether the Post Content element is present in the Thrive Theme Builder. If not, please add the element to the post template and save the changes.
Need help using the Post Content element? Here’s our document that can help.
Troubleshooting 2: Checking the post link and slug
Another reason you may see this error is if the slug of the post and a category are the same. This creates a confusion in the editor. You may want to edit the post in the Thrive Architect editor, but the confusion may return the categories archive page.
For example, let’s say you have a blog post titled, “What happens in past life regression?” and the URL for the same is https://domain[dot]com/past-life-regression.
On the other hand, you have a category named “Past Life Regression”, and the URL for this is https://domain[dot]com/past-life-regression.
In both of these conditions, the slug “past-life-regression” is the same. This creates confusion.
To fix this on your website, please ensure you change the slug of your post.
Also, to ensure this does not happen again, you can use a custom structure for the permalinks of a post by using the postname or a combination of the category name and the postname as a slug.
For example, open your WordPress admin area, navigate to Settings >> Permalink, scroll down the Permalink section to the Custom structure.
Under Custom structure enter /%postname%/ and enter category in the field besides Category base.
The other way to fix this would be to add both the postname and the category tags in the Custom Structure field.
One of these methods of updating the post and category slugs will ensure they are not the same and avoid confusion for the editors.
We’ve just seen how you can fix the Content cannot be edited error at your end. In rare cases, if this does not work for you, we recommend you to please open a support ticket so we can help you there.