Title: WP 4.0 problem with links
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# WP 4.0 problem with links

 *  Resolved [Ralbeck](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ralbeck/)
 * (@ralbeck)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-40-problem-with-links/)
 * I just installed WP 4.0 and the link button stopped working. Only by deactivating
   TablePress did the problem resolve. Is some update to TablePress needed?
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 *  Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * (@tobiasbg)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-40-problem-with-links/#post-5350056)
 * Hi,
 * thanks for your question, and sorry for the trouble.
 * I’m not really sure what you mean here.
    Could you explain where exactly this
   is happening? Which “link” button are you refering to? And what is happening 
   compared to what you are expecting?
 * Thanks!
    Tobias
 *  Thread Starter [Ralbeck](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ralbeck/)
 * (@ralbeck)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-40-problem-with-links/#post-5350124)
 * Thanks for the quick reply.
 * The link button is in the editor for posts. Usually one highlights some text 
   then clicks the link button then a window opens to enter the URL for the link.
   Unless TablePress is deactivated this functionality does not work for me since
   I upgraded to WP 4.0. The button exists but nothing happens when it is clicked.
   This is not just on pages or posts where a TablePress shortcode is inserted but
   all pages and posts.
 * Thanks
 *  Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * (@tobiasbg)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-40-problem-with-links/#post-5350126)
 * Hi,
 * thanks for the explanation! I see what you mean, but have no clue what could 
   be causing this, and I can not reproduce this on my test sites.
    Are there other
   plugins active that influence the editor toolbar?
 * Can you maybe try again with only TablePress activated and all other plugins 
   deactivated?
 * Regards,
    Tobias
 *  Thread Starter [Ralbeck](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ralbeck/)
 * (@ralbeck)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-40-problem-with-links/#post-5350156)
 * The plot thickens. This has something to do with the browser! I did try to deactivate
   all my plugins and only use TablePress. The link button function would not work
   when TablePress was active. I usually work in Chrome. I kept TablePress active
   and tried Firefox and voila, the link button worked. This problem showed up when
   I installed WP 4.0 so there is something strange with the combination of the 
   new version of WP, Chrome and TablePress. Any ideas?
 *  Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * (@tobiasbg)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-40-problem-with-links/#post-5350170)
 * Hi,
 * ok, that sounds really strange. I’m using Chrome myself and can’t reproduce this
   on my sites. Are you maybe using any browser extensions that could be interfering
   here? Can you maybe try on a different computer?
 * If that also does not help, I’d like to take a direct look at this on your site,
   if possible. Could you therefore please create a temporary admin account for 
   me and send me the details via email (the address is in the main plugin file “
   tablepress.php”)? That way, I can investigate this directly. Thanks!
 * Regards,
    Tobias
 *  Thread Starter [Ralbeck](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ralbeck/)
 * (@ralbeck)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-40-problem-with-links/#post-5350266)
 * I discovered that when the link button does not work then all I have to do is
   refresh the page then it will work. This is a work around that is not too much
   of a problem. However, since TablePress does have an icon on the editor toolbar
   perhaps there is some slight interaction with WP 4.0. Hope this helps.
 *  Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * (@tobiasbg)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-40-problem-with-links/#post-5350267)
 * Hi,
 * thanks for further investigating this! When a refresh is necessary, this could
   indicate that something is not working properly related to browser caching, but
   I’m not sure.
    I just tested again on several WP 4.0 installs, but could not 
   reproduce this. Also, from what I know, nothing really changing in the button
   handling code in WP 4.0, so I’m not sure where to look for issues here.
 * Regards,
    Tobias

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 * Last reply from: [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-40-problem-with-links/#post-5350267)
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