WordPress 7 – White screen when accessing posts and creating a new post

[valentindu62]

After installing WordPress 7, the admin area becomes unusable for post management.

Steps to reproduce:

Install WordPress 7
Log into the WordPress admin dashboard
Go to Posts → All Posts or Posts → Add New

Observed result:

The page becomes completely blank (white screen). No content is loaded and the editor does not appear.

Expected result:

The post list and the editor should load normally without errors.

Environment:

WordPress: 7
PHP: 8.3.23
Server: Apache 2.4.67
Theme: Hestia 3.3.3
Active plugins:
Orbit Fox Companion
Rank Math SEO
Site Kit by Google
WP-Optimize
ManageWP
WP File Manager
Other plugins attached in the system report

Additional information:

The issue disappears after downgrading back to WordPress 6.9.4. Without the downgrade, all sites become unusable due to this problem.

[jorbin]

There is not enough information to make this actionable.

If you switch to a default theme and disable all the plugins, does the issue persist?

Is there anything in your error logs?

[valentindu62]

Replying to jorbin:

There is not enough information to make this actionable.

If you switch to a default theme and disable all the plugins, does the issue persist?

Is there anything in your error logs?

Actually, I just tried again, I switched to a twenty theme, then put Hestia back on, and I was able to successfully complete the update, and I no longer have any bugs (for the moment).

[jorbin]

#65293 was marked as a duplicate.

[westonruter]

Closing since the issue is no longer occurring.