When attempting to save anything, especially anything in widgets, on WordPress, I get the error: “There was an error. You are probably offline.”. Therefore, not allowing me to save anything.

I have finally figured it all out. On a free hosting plan, you are unable to make widget calls through the Appearance menu as that, for some reason (maybe a bug), then throws a error 404 page which requires a external AJAX call which is not allowed. Meaning, you can not take the below route to make widget changes: Appearance > Widgets You have to do it through the Customize menu, which edits the widgets whilst your on your homepage looking at them. Meaning, you have to go through this route: Appearance > Customize > Widgets

[image] DaleJV: meant by CF? CloudFlare. Since you are using free subdomain, this possibility has been ruled out. Do you see this offline error using default theme and plugin configuration? (fresh install)

The same was happening with default theme and plugins.

Did you…? install the classic editor plugin, enable the classic editor (instead of the block editor)

I just tried multiple themes. It seems to happen to them all. It seems that, when saving the widget, it tries to redirect to the 404 infinity free page for whatever reason. That request to retrieve the 404 page is blocked due to CORS policy. I do not understand what is causing the WordPress to throw the 404 error.

In addition to my other fix attempts, I changed the time zone to match the one I am in as that seemed to cause issues for other members. This did not fix it for me.

As last resort, try installing WP on a new hosting account. Screenshot what you did along the way. Do not leave out any important details

I already did that when I first had the issue. New Account > App Installer > Wordpress > Install Those were my exact steps.

You are out of luck then. Try WP forums

So frustrating this is, especially after trying all the fixes that helped majority of people. I shall post there and respond here if I get a solution, wish me luck!

WordPress error when saving: "There was an error. You are probably offline."

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KangJL January 24, 2022, 5:23am 31

This is not an issue but rather a limitation of free hosting