Title: Hyperlink button Grayed out??
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Hyperlink button Grayed out??

 *  Resolved [kevin107](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kevin107/)
 * (@kevin107)
 * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hyperlink-button-grayed-out/)
 * Hey guys.. weird issue..
 * In any post, when you select text and want to link it to a URL, you’d normally
   click the LINK button. This is grayed out for me and I cannot click it. I found
   a workaround which is using the shortcut (Alt+Shift+A), then the button becomes
   clickable..
 * Am I missing something, why is a simple feature like this now broken? This just
   started when I upgraded to 3.6.
 * Thanks

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 *  [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/)
 * (@anevins)
 * WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support
 * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hyperlink-button-grayed-out/#post-3993419)
 * Did you try deactivating plugins to explore whether any could be responsible?
   If you have, try deactivating them again and then switch to the default Twenty
   Twelve theme.
 *  Thread Starter [kevin107](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kevin107/)
 * (@kevin107)
 * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hyperlink-button-grayed-out/#post-3993430)
 * Got it.
 * Deactivating the **NextGEN Gallery** plugin fixed it.
 *  [TRDK29](https://wordpress.org/support/users/trdk29/)
 * (@trdk29)
 * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hyperlink-button-grayed-out/#post-3993435)
 * Thanks – it worked
 *  [photocrati](https://wordpress.org/support/users/photocrati/)
 * (@photocrati)
 * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hyperlink-button-grayed-out/#post-3993654)
 * Hi – we’ve had several reports for this and I’ve created a sticky topic on it
   to consolidate details. [@kevin107](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kevin107/)
   and others, if you are having this problem, you can post details and follow this
   thread for updates:
 * [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/hyperlink-button-grayed-out-not-working?replies=4](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/hyperlink-button-grayed-out-not-working?replies=4)
 * Also, we’re not able to duplicate this on any of our sites, so we’re wondering
   if you might consider submitting a bug report with WP login credentials so we
   can see and troubleshoot the issue on your site? If so, you can do so here:
 * [http://www.nextgen-gallery.com/report-bug/](http://www.nextgen-gallery.com/report-bug/)
 * Thanks.

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## Tags

 * [hyperlinking](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/hyperlinking/)
 * [linking](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/linking/)
 * [url](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/url/)

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 4 replies
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 * Last reply from: [photocrati](https://wordpress.org/support/users/photocrati/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hyperlink-button-grayed-out/#post-3993654)
 * Status: resolved

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