{"id":402,"date":"2020-03-16T13:49:32","date_gmt":"2020-03-16T11:49:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/?p=402"},"modified":"2024-12-26T14:06:13","modified_gmt":"2024-12-26T12:06:13","slug":"publish-update-button-not-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/publish-update-button-not-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Publish \/ Update button not working"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Issue<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Publish \/ Update button is disabled or not working.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Possible causes &amp; solutions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This issue occurs when the server encounters an unexpected condition that prevents it from fulfilling the request.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There can be many reasons for this and the server logs can point to the exact reason.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ask your hosting company to send you the <a href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/500-error\/\">PHP error logs<\/a> of your server.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following are some of the causes and their solutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Erroneous sections<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Erase some sections in the page that you are trying to save and see if it enables you to perform the action. You can retrieve them by using the <a href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/revision-history-undo-and-redo\/\">revision history of Elementor<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Memory limit reached<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Increase the WP memory limit to match Elementor\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/requirements\/\">system requirements<\/a>. Activate the debug mode of WordPress to check how many MB you need exactly. Contact your hosting provider for further assistance. For details, refer <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.wordpress.org\/advanced-administration\/debug\/debug-wordpress\/\">Debugging in WordPress<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Decrease or clear the number of post revisions stored in the database. When there are too  many revisions stored, the hosting memory may become exhausted, which can lead to this error. You can use the available plugins to resolve this issue. For example, <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-sweep\/\">WP Sweep<\/a>. To use this plugin, watch <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xt4U4e8NSIQ\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xt4U4e8NSIQ<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If the issue still occurs after increasing the memory, divide your work into a few templates and paste them into another page.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Server parameter issues<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This can also be due to parameters set on your server. For instance, HTTP\/HTTPS conflicts.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Adding an SSL certification to your site can solve the issue. Then you will have to change the URL of the site from your WP Dashboard in <strong>Elementor &gt; Tools &gt; Replace URL<\/strong><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"526\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Publish-Update-button-not-working-1024x526.png\" alt=\"Publish Update button not working\" class=\"wp-image-46492\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Publish-Update-button-not-working-1024x526.png 1024w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Publish-Update-button-not-working-300x154.png 300w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Publish-Update-button-not-working-768x394.png 768w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Publish-Update-button-not-working.png 1182w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Security plugins<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If you get 403 error when attempting to update a page it can be due to a security plugin such as WordFence and others. To resolve this, activate the learning mode of the security plugin in use or contact their support.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Server firewall<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This issue can also be due to the firewall of your server. Check with your hosting company.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn how to troubleshoot and solve issues with the Publish button not working<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_elementor_kustomer_id":["62c6c7fb313a04397c351213","62c6c7fb313a04397c351213"],"footnotes":""},"categories":[1463],"tags":[1325],"class_list":["post-402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-troubleshooting-editor","tag-troubleshooting"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Publish \/ Update Button Does Not Work- How to Fix | Elementor<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"If you&#039;re trying to update and the publish or update button does not work, one of these solutions might help you solve it.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/publish-update-button-not-work\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Publish \/ Update Button Does Not Work- How to Fix | Elementor\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"If you&#039;re trying to update and the publish or update button does not work, one of these solutions might help you solve it.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/publish-update-button-not-work\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Help\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-03-16T11:49:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-12-26T12:06:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Publish-Update-button-not-working.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1182\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"607\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Alan Kaler\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Alan Kaler\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/publish-update-button-not-work\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/publish-update-button-not-work\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Alan Kaler\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/#\/schema\/person\/ebf805be1a1abdd587d4b97e3328f430\"},\"headline\":\"Publish \/ Update button not working\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-03-16T11:49:32+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-12-26T12:06:13+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/publish-update-button-not-work\/\"},\"wordCount\":353,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/publish-update-button-not-work\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Publish-Update-button-not-working-1024x526.png\",\"keywords\":[\"Troubleshooting\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Troubleshooting Editor\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/publish-update-button-not-work\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/publish-update-button-not-work\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/publish-update-button-not-work\/\",\"name\":\"The Publish \/ Update Button Does Not Work- How to Fix | Elementor\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/publish-update-button-not-work\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/publish-update-button-not-work\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Publish-Update-button-not-working-1024x526.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-03-16T11:49:32+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-12-26T12:06:13+00:00\",\"description\":\"If you're trying to update and the publish or update button does not work, one of these solutions might help you solve it.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/publish-update-button-not-work\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/publish-update-button-not-work\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/publish-update-button-not-work\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Publish-Update-button-not-working.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Publish-Update-button-not-working.png\",\"width\":1182,\"height\":607,\"caption\":\"Publish Update button not working\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/publish-update-button-not-work\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Help Center\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Elementor Editor\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/elementor-editor\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Troubleshooting Editor\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/elementor-editor\/troubleshooting-editor\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"Publish \/ Update button not working\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/\",\"name\":\"Elementor\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Elementor\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/images.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/images.png\",\"width\":225,\"height\":225,\"caption\":\"Elementor\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/#\/schema\/person\/ebf805be1a1abdd587d4b97e3328f430\",\"name\":\"Alan Kaler\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7618989d1401c38afe50748601d8dad91fdb8930f53fe037881768b15ab4b108?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7618989d1401c38afe50748601d8dad91fdb8930f53fe037881768b15ab4b108?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Alan Kaler\"},\"description\":\"Alan Kaler is an expert Elementorist at Elementor and a WordPress Magician who thinks that the three most beautiful words in our language are: I told you\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The Publish \/ Update Button Does Not Work- How to Fix | Elementor","description":"If you're trying to update and the publish or update button does not work, one of these solutions might help you solve it.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/publish-update-button-not-work\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"The Publish \/ Update Button Does Not Work- How to Fix | Elementor","og_description":"If you're trying to update and the publish or update button does not work, one of these solutions might help you solve it.","og_url":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/publish-update-button-not-work\/","og_site_name":"Help","article_published_time":"2020-03-16T11:49:32+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-12-26T12:06:13+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1182,"height":607,"url":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Publish-Update-button-not-working.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Alan Kaler","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Alan Kaler","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/publish-update-button-not-work\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/publish-update-button-not-work\/"},"author":{"name":"Alan Kaler","@id":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/#\/schema\/person\/ebf805be1a1abdd587d4b97e3328f430"},"headline":"Publish \/ Update button not working","datePublished":"2020-03-16T11:49:32+00:00","dateModified":"2024-12-26T12:06:13+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/publish-update-button-not-work\/"},"wordCount":353,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/publish-update-button-not-work\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Publish-Update-button-not-working-1024x526.png","keywords":["Troubleshooting"],"articleSection":["Troubleshooting Editor"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/publish-update-button-not-work\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/publish-update-button-not-work\/","url":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/publish-update-button-not-work\/","name":"The Publish \/ Update Button Does Not Work- How to Fix | Elementor","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/publish-update-button-not-work\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/publish-update-button-not-work\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Publish-Update-button-not-working-1024x526.png","datePublished":"2020-03-16T11:49:32+00:00","dateModified":"2024-12-26T12:06:13+00:00","description":"If you're trying to update and the publish or update button does not work, one of these solutions might help you solve it.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/publish-update-button-not-work\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/publish-update-button-not-work\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/publish-update-button-not-work\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Publish-Update-button-not-working.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Publish-Update-button-not-working.png","width":1182,"height":607,"caption":"Publish Update button not working"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/publish-update-button-not-work\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Help Center","item":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Elementor Editor","item":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/elementor-editor\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Troubleshooting Editor","item":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/elementor-editor\/troubleshooting-editor\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Publish \/ Update button not working"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/#website","url":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/","name":"Elementor","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/#organization","name":"Elementor","url":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/images.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/images.png","width":225,"height":225,"caption":"Elementor"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/#\/schema\/person\/ebf805be1a1abdd587d4b97e3328f430","name":"Alan Kaler","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7618989d1401c38afe50748601d8dad91fdb8930f53fe037881768b15ab4b108?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7618989d1401c38afe50748601d8dad91fdb8930f53fe037881768b15ab4b108?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Alan Kaler"},"description":"Alan Kaler is an expert Elementorist at Elementor and a WordPress Magician who thinks that the three most beautiful words in our language are: I told you"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=402"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54737,"href":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402\/revisions\/54737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}