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Fixing the Floating Toolbar: Why Your Advanced Editor Tools Menu Isn't Sticky

22 threads Sep 9, 2025 Plugin → Advanced editor tools

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If you've found that your Advanced Editor Tools (formerly TinyMCE Advanced) toolbar or menu bar scrolls away when you edit long posts, you're not alone. This is a common and frustrating issue reported by many users after WordPress updates. This guide explains why it happens and provides the most effective solutions to get your sticky toolbar back.

The Problem: A Non-Sticky Toolbar

The primary symptom is that the editor's toolbar, which should remain fixed at the top of the browser window as you scroll, instead moves up and out of view with the content. This forces you to constantly scroll back to the top to format text, making editing long documents a tedious process. Based on community reports, this often occurs after a major WordPress core update (e.g., WordPress 6.3) or a theme update.

Why This Happens

This behavior is typically not a bug in the Advanced Editor Tools plugin itself. Instead, it is usually caused by one of two things:

  1. CSS Conflicts: A change in your theme's CSS or another plugin's CSS can interfere with the positioning styles that make the toolbar "sticky." This is a common issue with page builder plugins and highly customized themes like Divi.
  2. WordPress Core Changes: Occasionally, an update to WordPress core can introduce CSS changes that affect how the editor toolbar is positioned. The Advanced Editor Tools team often incorporates fixes for these core changes, but conflicts can still arise.

How to Fix a Non-Sticky Toolbar

Try these solutions in order. The first method is the most common fix.

Solution 1: Add Custom Admin CSS (Most Effective)

The most reliable fix is to add a small snippet of CSS to your admin area. This overrides the conflicting styles and restores the toolbar's sticky behavior.

  1. Install a custom CSS plugin like "Simple Custom CSS and JS" or "Add Admin CSS."
  2. Navigate to the plugin's settings to add CSS for the admin area.
  3. Copy and paste the following code into the CSS box: 
    .edit-post-visual-editor {
    overflow: visible;
}
  4. Save changes and test the editor. This code has been confirmed to resolve the issue for many users.

Solution 2: Check for Plugin or Theme Conflicts

If the CSS fix doesn't work, a plugin or your theme might be causing the problem.

  1. Temporarily switch to a default WordPress theme (like Twenty Twenty-Four). If the toolbar works, the issue is with your theme.
  2. If the theme isn't the cause, deactivate all other plugins except Advanced Editor Tools. If the toolbar becomes sticky, reactivate your plugins one by one to identify the culprit.

Solution 3: Clear Your Browser Cache

Sometimes, outdated browser cache can cause JavaScript or CSS to load incorrectly, leading to display issues.

  1. Hard-refresh your browser by holding down the Shift key and clicking the reload button.
  2. Alternatively, clear your browser's cached images and files completely.

Conclusion

A toolbar that won't stay at the top is an annoying disruption to your workflow. In most cases, adding the provided CSS snippet to your admin area will resolve the problem immediately. If not, a brief conflict test can usually identify the source of the problem. For ongoing issues, the wider WordPress community on forums is a great resource for finding solutions that have worked for others.

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