FYI: Firefox crashing when adding image to WordPress Post

Today I started experiencing a crash of Firefox whenever I tried to add an image to a WordPress post. I uninstalled and reinstalled Firefox to no avail. I finally did a Google search of “Firefox crashing when inserting image into WordPress” and found the answer to the problem. The problem is within Google Gears (which explains why I wasn’t having the problem with my laptop as Google Gears is not installed on it.)

If you uninstall Googe Gears (or disable it in the Firefox addons) the problem will go away. I’m not sure what caused this to happen all of a sudden but I was glad to find the answer and wanted to share it here.

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11 Responses to FYI: Firefox crashing when adding image to WordPress Post

  1. Victor says:

    Thanks. I’ve have the same problem. I will try disabling Gears and see it goes.

    Sage Reply:

    Hope it works…let me know, ok?

  2. eam says:

    Yay, I googled this exact problem “wordpress crashes firefox” and found your site! I have google gears and will try to disable it. Thanks a lot!!

    Sage Reply:

    I hope it works for you. It certainly did for me. Let me know if you think about it, ok? Thanks for leaving a comment.

  3. Had exactly the same problem, uninstalled gears and it was all fine, thanks a lot for the help!

    Sage Reply:

    You’re welcome. Thanks for letting me know it worked for you!

  4. Victor says:

    It worked. I’m back up and running. I wonder what caused Gears to flake out suddenly.

    Sage Reply:

    I don’t know but it was really weird. I’m glad it worked for you!

  5. Amy says:

    Just started having the same issue a few minutes ago. Googled and found you…going to disable Gears now. Hope that fixes it! Thanks for the post.

    Amy Reply:

    Disabled Gears in Add-ons, that did the trick. How strange! Thanks again… :)

    Sage Reply:

    You’re welcome. Thanks for letting me know it worked.