Did you install but then disable jetpack? Re-enabling has apparently fixed this issue for some users. We might want to submit a bug ticket for this – I’ll look if someone already posted it.
Jetpack is not installed and was not activated before nor is it now.
Let me know where I could submit a bug ticket if that is best next step.
Thank you!
Were you using some other plugin for the shortlink button? I just checked that Jetpack is supposed to provide one, but its not part of default wordpress to my knowledge (other users please correct me if I’m wrong).
It is part of default
Right next to View Post. On the edit post/page screen.
I have never used Jetpack on my own site and I have ALWAYS had this button for years.
I have the button but I have Jetpack Shortlinks enabled. When I click the button I would get the wp.me link in the dialog. After I deactivated that module, I still had the Get Shortlink button but it would give the /?p=123 type of link.
So, it would seem that without Jetpack the button should still be there.
I don’t have Jetpack, and I had the button until the 4.2.1 update. Other people have said the same thing in different threads too.
Has anyone been able to resolve this? Until I started searching for the missing “Get ShortLink” issue I had never heard of “jetpack”. I did not have it installed but there used to be a button named “Get Shortlink” that would appear immediately after I had published a post. It’s not there anymore. I want to know how to get back. There appear to be multiple threads in this forum on this topic and not one of them has explained how to get it back. Everyone keeps talking about Jetpack so I tried to install it but it will not install. I never had before. I don’t want it now. I just want my buttons back.
The button was hidden intentionally: https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/34556
In short, if you use a plugin which provides shortlinks (like Jetpack), the button is still there. If you don’t, it’s hidden.
You can bring the button back with specific plugins too, like https://wordpress.org/plugins/bring-back-the-get-shortlink-button/ or https://wordpress.org/plugins/restore-lost-functionality/
