Can’t Edit Your Webpage in Elementor? Here’s the Solution!

If you’ve recently created a webpage using Elementor but are facing issues editing it or see a warning message saying:

“Can’t Edit? Having trouble loading Elementor? Please enable Safe Mode to Troubleshoot.”

Don’t worry—this issue can often be resolved by checking your server’s configuration, especially if you’re using Nginx as your web server.

The Solution

To fix this issue, you’ll need to make a small modification to your Nginx configuration file. Follow these steps:

1. Open your Nginx configuration file
   You can find the Nginx configuration file (.conf) in the /etc/nginx/ directory (or wherever your server’s configuration files are stored).
2. Look for the following content:
   location / {
try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php;
}

3. Change the configuration to the following:
   location / {
try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$args;
}

4. Save the changes to your configuration file.
5. Test your configuration using the command line:
   nginx -t


   If everything is configured correctly, you should see a message saying OK.

6. Reload or restart Nginx to apply the changes:
   systemctl reload nginx

7. Try editing your page again in Elementor. You should now be able to load the webpage properly for editing.

Why This Happens

This issue occurs because the default Nginx configuration may not correctly handle query strings when processing URLs. By modifying the try_files directive to include ?$args, Nginx will now pass query strings correctly to PHP, allowing Elementor to function without any issues.