Title: Edit not saving Last modified: July 15, 2022 --- # Edit not saving * Resolved [ll09](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ll09/) * (@ll09) * [3 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/edit-not-saving/) * The post has been published with a guest name and link. When trying to edit this page and replace the name and/or link, the changes aren’t saved in the admin panel or the published post page. * It seems the plugin hasn’t received an update in a while. Is it still actively being developed and tested? Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 16 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/edit-not-saving/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/edit-not-saving/page/2/?output_format=md) * Plugin Author [A. Jones](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nomadcoder/) * (@nomadcoder) * [3 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/edit-not-saving/#post-15828697) * Yea it is still being maintained. * First, can you please enable error logging, attempt to save the post and send the error log to me? This should give me a starting point in determining what is causing the error. * [https://blog.hubspot.com/website/how-to-set-up-wordpress-error-logs-in-wp-config#:~:text=Reviewing%20Your%20WordPress%20Error%20Logs,log%20file.&text=This%20file%20will%20contain%20all,and%20notices%20that%20were%20logged](https://blog.hubspot.com/website/how-to-set-up-wordpress-error-logs-in-wp-config#:~:text=Reviewing%20Your%20WordPress%20Error%20Logs,log%20file.&text=This%20file%20will%20contain%20all,and%20notices%20that%20were%20logged). * Thread Starter [ll09](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ll09/) * (@ll09) * [3 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/edit-not-saving/#post-15829650) * Are you able to reproduce it on your WP install running the latest version? * Editing through Quick Edit saved but when our writer tried to save through Gutenberg originally, it didn’t save. I then did a test and it saved through Gutenberg after it saving via Quick Edit. * Plugin Author [A. Jones](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nomadcoder/) * (@nomadcoder) * [3 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/edit-not-saving/#post-15829661) * Thank you for the extra information. The same code is used when a post is saved regardless of how it’s saved, so an error log would help a lot, particularly if other plugins are involved. It sounds more likely that it’s an issue with Gutenberg. * Plugin Author [A. Jones](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nomadcoder/) * (@nomadcoder) * [3 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/edit-not-saving/#post-15830060) * I have tested using the block editor with no luck. You can email me at [adrian@wwinterhill.net](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/edit-not-saving/adrian@wwinterhill.net?output_format=md) with your error log. * Thread Starter [ll09](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ll09/) * (@ll09) * [3 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/edit-not-saving/#post-15831529) * I can’t keep testing on our live site so if it happens again, I’ll see if I can get the error logged and email it to you. The last edit worked already through how I mentioned above and solved our case. * PS. * Have you ever considered adding: target=”_blank” rel=”nofollow noopener” * To external URLs if an external URL is used for the guest author name? * Plugin Author [A. Jones](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nomadcoder/) * (@nomadcoder) * [3 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/edit-not-saving/#post-15831606) * Hi, there is no way to add the target attribute, or any attribute via wordpress filters, but it can be done using JavaScript. Let me know if you need guidance for that and I can write it up for you. A couple of users have been able to get it working. * Thread Starter [ll09](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ll09/) * (@ll09) * [3 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/edit-not-saving/#post-15831647) * It’s mainly for Google Bot so that Google wouldn’t see too many external URLs on the site. I’m not too sure a JavaScript solution would help in that case? * Plugin Author [A. Jones](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nomadcoder/) * (@nomadcoder) * [3 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/edit-not-saving/#post-15831649) * It should help. The code just adds target=”_blank” to your url. It needs to be custom targeted to your theme. If you want, you can email a link to one of your guest author posts and I will send you the code. [adrian@winterhill.net](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/edit-not-saving/adrian@winterhill.net?output_format=md). Only one w! - This reply was modified 3 years, 10 months ago by [A. Jones](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nomadcoder/). * Thread Starter [ll09](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ll09/) * (@ll09) * [3 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/edit-not-saving/#post-15844052) * Okay I’ll email you if I need it. Haven’t decided yet. * PS. When a link isn’t entered into the field for Guest Author, can no link be generated for the name on the homepage and the article’s “by” meta data? * Plugin Author [A. Jones](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nomadcoder/) * (@nomadcoder) * [3 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/edit-not-saving/#post-15847385) * That should already be happening if the plugin settings are correct. Double check& let me know if it isn’t. Let me know theme/page builder. * Thread Starter [ll09](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ll09/) * (@ll09) * [3 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/edit-not-saving/#post-15847739) * These are my settings – [https://i.imgur.com/z77lFxz.png](https://i.imgur.com/z77lFxz.png) * On the post page, there is only a guest name but the url field and all other fields are blank. * The a href=”” is still generated on the name but it’s blank. * The theme is Newspaper by TagDIV. * Plugin Author [A. Jones](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nomadcoder/) * (@nomadcoder) * [3 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/edit-not-saving/#post-15850596) * Ok, The href should be blank. There is, unfortunately, no way to remove the href without javascript. * Am I correct that the href is not blank on the home page using TagDiv page builder? * Thread Starter [ll09](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ll09/) * (@ll09) * [3 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/edit-not-saving/#post-15851218) * When I view the page source, I see something like: *