Title: Edit Update Button Selectively Not Working
Last modified: June 15, 2021

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# Edit Update Button Selectively Not Working

 *  Resolved [HKP](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hiskingdomprophecy/)
 * (@hiskingdomprophecy)
 * [4 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/edit-update-button-selectively-not-working/)
 * I was editing 10 published posts at the same time when there was a critical error
   on the server.
 * Now on some of the posts, the UPDATE button does not work.
 * I checked DB wp_postmeta table and no post has any ‘_edit_lock’ line showing.
 * In the Admin > All Posts > Quick Edit, I can change post status to Draft or Pending
   Review or Published, but in the editor, in any of these 3 states, the UPDATE 
   button does not work, so changes cannot be saved.
 * Any suggestions as to where else WP is locking these posts from edit updates?
 * Regards and thanks,
    Angus
    -  This topic was modified 4 years, 11 months ago by [Jan Dembowski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdembowski/).
      Reason: Moved to Fixing WordPress, this is not an Everything else WordPress
      topic

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 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [4 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/edit-update-button-selectively-not-working/#post-14556279)
 * This may be a plugin or theme conflict. Please attempt to disable all plugins,
   and switch to the default Twenty Twenty-One theme. If the problem goes away, 
   enable them one by one to identify the source of the problem.
 * If you can install plugins, install [Health Check](https://wordpress.org/plugins/health-check/).
   On the troubleshooting tab, you can click the button to disable all plugins and
   change the theme for you, while you’re still logged in, **without affecting normal
   visitors to your site**.
 *  Thread Starter [HKP](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hiskingdomprophecy/)
 * (@hiskingdomprophecy)
 * [4 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/edit-update-button-selectively-not-working/#post-14557012)
 * [@macmanx](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * Hi James,
 * Thanks! I had not heard of the “Health Check” plugin.
    It certainly make is a
   simple job to test all plugin interactions now!
 * The result is that a plugin called “XML Sitemap & Google News” is causing the
   issue.
 * With that plugin off, all works and I can save. But turning it on stops the saving
   of the 4x effected posts.
 * That was a surprise to me, as I expected that once the files was saved once, 
   the issue would be cleared and over…. but it seems not so easy 🙂
 * Now I guess I need report to “XML Sitemap & Google News” with the news.
 * Regards and thanks again,
    Angus
 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [4 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/edit-update-button-selectively-not-working/#post-14559369)
 * Excellent, topic continues at [https://wordpress.org/support/topic/crirical-error-stops-post-updating/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/crirical-error-stops-post-updating/)

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## Tags

 * [critical error](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/critical-error/)

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 3 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * Last activity: [4 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/edit-update-button-selectively-not-working/#post-14559369)
 * Status: resolved

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