Title: Edit My Listing button
Last modified: May 14, 2017

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# Edit My Listing button

 *  Resolved [officezen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/officezen/)
 * (@officezen)
 * [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/edit-my-listing-button/)
 * Just realized there’s no option to add Edit My Listing – it makes sense to have
   such a link next to all the existing buttons.

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 *  Plugin Author [Business Directory Plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/businessdirectoryplugin/)
 * (@businessdirectoryplugin)
 * [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/edit-my-listing-button/#post-9133849)
 * Hi [@officezen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/officezen/),
 * BD does have an “Edit Listing” button but it doesn’t appear unless:
    – You are
   logged in – You own the listing – You have BD set to require registration, so
   that we can clearly associate users to listings
 * If you’re using “anonymous listings” then the editing is more challenging, because
   the association is with a guest user that we can recognize only by IP address.
   That’s just a limit on how the anonymous part can work.
 * If you want users to edit listings reliably, require registration under Directory
   Admin->Manage Options, General tab, ‘Registration’ section.
 * You can assign existing listings back to registered users if you started in “
   anonymous mode” no problem. Edit the listing as admin, scroll to the bottom and
   find the new user under “Author”.
 *  Thread Starter [officezen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/officezen/)
 * (@officezen)
 * [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/edit-my-listing-button/#post-9134691)
 * I do know where the “Edit” button shows up under each listing if it’s your own
   listing (after login)
 * What I’m looking for is a main link called (Edit My Listing) where you can reach
   your listing without actually drilling down in the actual category to find it.
 * What if user forgot which category they added their listings?
 * There’s already a button called “Create A Listing” in the main search section
   along with other buttons, so why can you not add another button called “Edit 
   My Listing”?
 *  Plugin Author [Business Directory Plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/businessdirectoryplugin/)
 * (@businessdirectoryplugin)
 * [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/edit-my-listing-button/#post-9137285)
 * There is a big difference between “Create a Listing” and “Edit <specific> listing”
   buttons.
 * One requires context (which listing should I allow you to edit? What if you have
   multiple listings?) and one does not (Just build a new listing)
 * We have a shortcode that allows users to manage ALL of their listings from a 
   single page (again, requires login) but there’s no way to allow users to magically
   edit a listing without knowing the specific context of who they are, what they
   own and which listing to edit. That’s why the shortcode was created (to put all
   that info on one page when a user is logged in). Maybe that’s what you’re looking
   for.
 * It’s documented here: [http://businessdirectoryplugin.com/docs/#shortcodes](http://businessdirectoryplugin.com/docs/#shortcodes)
 *  Thread Starter [officezen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/officezen/)
 * (@officezen)
 * [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/edit-my-listing-button/#post-9137432)
 * I wasn’t aware of these available different shortcodes. Thanks!

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 * Last activity: [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/edit-my-listing-button/#post-9137432)
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