Why is the_content() not displaying the content?

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in my wordpress site, the_content() is not showing the content, but $post->post_content shows it, why this is happening? and how can I use the_content again?

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in my wordpress site, the_content() is not showing the content, but $post->post_content shows it, why this is happening? and how can I use the_content again?

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• 2 What is the code that surrounds that? Are you in the loop? – mor7ifer Commented Mar 2, 2012 at 2:58
• What Theme are you using? If it is a custom Theme, then we will need to see the custom code for the template file in question. – Chip Bennett Commented Mar 2, 2012 at 3:24
• I got on one of those problem. I believe it occurs due to a another WP_Query made before the_content(). – ifdion Commented Mar 2, 2012 at 11:10
• Happened to me when upgrading to WP5 – Fanky Commented Jun 28, 2019 at 11:59
• I don't why this is marked as unlikely to help future visitors - it's a good question and has useful answers. This doesn't seem any more "extraordinarily narrow" than any other question on WordPress Stack Exchange. – JohnG Commented Jul 31, 2020 at 12:10

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In order to use "the_content()" it must be used within The Loop.

See here: http://codex.wordpress/Function_Reference/the_content

"Displays the contents of the current post. This tag must be within The_Loop."

If it worked before, it's probably a plugin hooking into the_content filter. Disable your plugins one by one to see if this fixes the issue. Next, check the callback functions for the_content filter.

You can see every callback for the_content by adding the following:

add_action('template_redirect', 'wpse_44152_template_redirect');
function wpse_44152_template_redirect(){
    global $wp_filter;
    print_r($wp_filter['the_content']);
}

Find each of the functions listed by doing a 'find in files' code search on your code editor. A filter callback HAS TO return $content data back for the_content() to work properly.

you can check your functions.php in your theme folder,find if some function do something for the "the_content" function.my theme have the same problem,and I found a function has a mistake and cause "the_content" can't work

find text like "the_content" in your functions.php,