Title: problem with insert/edit link
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# problem with insert/edit link

 *  [lynnely](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lynnely/)
 * (@lynnely)
 * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-insertedit-link/)
 * I was working in a page and the insert/edit link and unlink icons grayed out 
   and stopped working. I tried copying and pasting the entire page into a new page,
   and same thing. Looking around at various pages I have, some pages the link icon
   is functioning and some aren’t. Any ideas? This has never happened in the past.
   
   Thanks!

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 *  [The Grey Parrots](https://wordpress.org/support/users/greyparrots/)
 * (@greyparrots)
 * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-insertedit-link/#post-4799902)
 * Try deactivating ALL plugins in and switching to the default theme.
 *  Thread Starter [lynnely](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lynnely/)
 * (@lynnely)
 * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-insertedit-link/#post-4799941)
 * Gray Parrot,
 * thank you for your response. I deactivated all plugin and I switched to the twentyfourteen
   theme (there wasn’t a twentytwelve) and still not luck. any other ideas?
 *  [Evan Herman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eherman24/)
 * (@eherman24)
 * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-insertedit-link/#post-4799942)
 * Usually a tinyMCE error indicates a JS error.
 * Can you right click and check the developer console for any js errors that might
   be thrown.
 * ‘Right click > inspect element’ and select console.
 *  Thread Starter [lynnely](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lynnely/)
 * (@lynnely)
 * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-insertedit-link/#post-4799955)
 * Evan
 * Thank you. I am relatively new to the world of wordpress and don’t know my way
   around too well. What is a JS error? I am not sure how to check the developer
   console. Where do I right click….so sorry you are talking with a newbie here.
 *  [Evan Herman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eherman24/)
 * (@eherman24)
 * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-insertedit-link/#post-4799962)
 * [Reference](http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Your_Browser_to_Diagnose_JavaScript_Errors)
 *  Thread Starter [lynnely](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lynnely/)
 * (@lynnely)
 * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-insertedit-link/#post-4799977)
 * OK…tried another browser and that was not the issue. I am at step 2. When it 
   says open wp-config.php and add “That’s all, stop editing! Happy blogging”. Where
   do I go to open up wp-config.php?
 *  [The Grey Parrots](https://wordpress.org/support/users/greyparrots/)
 * (@greyparrots)
 * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-insertedit-link/#post-4800011)
 * Its under your site home directory.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 7 replies
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 * Last reply from: [The Grey Parrots](https://wordpress.org/support/users/greyparrots/)
 * Last activity: [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-insertedit-link/#post-4800011)
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