Title: “Edit this” link
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# “Edit this” link

 *  [bronski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bronski/)
 * (@bronski)
 * [22 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/edit-this-link/)
 * I have my blog URI different from my WP URI (general options, 3rd and 4th form
   field).
    Although I’m authenticated within every page in the WP-dir, the “Edit
   this” link does not show up in /index.php . /index.php does a `require('wordpress/
   wp-blog-header.php');` so the environment should get set correctly. Shouldn’t
   it? I guess “$user_level” gets lost somewhere…

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 *  Moderator [Matt Mullenweg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/matt/)
 * (@matt)
 * [22 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/edit-this-link/#post-48489)
 * [http://wordpress.org/docs/installation/different-address/](http://wordpress.org/docs/installation/different-address/)
   
   Under “Caveats.”
 *  Thread Starter [bronski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bronski/)
 * (@bronski)
 * [22 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/edit-this-link/#post-48490)
 * Ah, I see. Thanks for pointing it out, that answers my question.
 *  Moderator [Matt Mullenweg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/matt/)
 * (@matt)
 * [22 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/edit-this-link/#post-48493)
 * No problem.
 *  Anonymous
 * [21 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/edit-this-link/#post-49062)
 * So I wonder, how *are* cookies implemented in WordPress, and where should I start
   hacking to make it work ?
 *  [Ryan Boren](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ryan/)
 * (@ryan)
 * [21 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/edit-this-link/#post-49063)
 * It was fixed long ago, that page needs to be updated. You may need to delete 
   cookies after changing the index location to get everything working.
 *  Anonymous
 * [21 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/edit-this-link/#post-49064)
 * Hm, I did. They still don’t show up. Was this fixed in 1.2, or in a CVS version?
   
   Also, should i put wp-login.php in the root, or can I just keep it inside the
   wordpress directory ? In my case, I’ve put index.php in / (root) and all wp stuff
   under /wp.
 *  Anonymous
 * [21 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/edit-this-link/#post-49065)
 * Sorry, apparently, it was fixed in 1.2 Mingus. Apparently, I logging into the
   admin interface wasn’t enough. I had to load wp/wp-login.php explicitly, and 
   log in there. That page occasionally redirected me to the admin ‘post’ page immediately,
   so it was a rather confusing task. Also, when I click ‘logout’ from the admin
   interface, I am not logged out.
    Using Firefox 0.9. I am confused.
 *  Anonymous
 * [21 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/edit-this-link/#post-49066)
 * I’ve tracked down some of the inconsistencies that I am experiencing. I access
   my webserver through [http://www.crossbar.net.](http://www.crossbar.net.) This
   an alias for zeroth.crossbar.net. When looking at the stored cookies on my system,
   I have two sets for wordpress. One that uses [http://www.crossbar.net](http://www.crossbar.net)(
   created when I first ran wp/wp-login.php), and another that uses zeroth.crossbar.
   net (created when I clicked an ‘edit this’ link, which referred me to wp/wp-login.
   php again).
    PS. Sorry about all the messages in this thread. Please let me know
   if I’d better post somewhere else.
 *  [mrjohncory](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mrjohncory/)
 * (@mrjohncory)
 * [20 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/edit-this-link/#post-49124)
 * Just wondering if anyone has figured this out since this conversation last concluded...
   I’m writing from the summer of 2005 and all of the above are back in 2004 on 
   version 1.2. I just recently posted about it and got some feedback directing 
   me to [this caveat](http://wordpress.org/docs/installation/different-address/)
   but somebody above says that this caveat is outdated.
 * Any ideas on how it is outdated or any basic explanations about why it doesn’t
   work/why it’s too hard to fix?
 * Thanks and sorry for buggin,
    johncory

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 9 replies
 * 5 participants
 * Last reply from: [mrjohncory](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mrjohncory/)
 * Last activity: [20 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/edit-this-link/#post-49124)
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