Title: Greenthought's Replies | WordPress.org --- # Greenthought [ ](https://wordpress.org/support/users/greenthought/) * [Profile](https://wordpress.org/support/users/greenthought/) * [Topics Started](https://wordpress.org/support/users/greenthought/topics/) * [Replies Created](https://wordpress.org/support/users/greenthought/replies/) * [Reviews Written](https://wordpress.org/support/users/greenthought/reviews/) * [Topics Replied To](https://wordpress.org/support/users/greenthought/replied-to/) * [Engagements](https://wordpress.org/support/users/greenthought/engagements/) * [Favorites](https://wordpress.org/support/users/greenthought/favorites/) Search replies: ## Forum Replies Created Viewing 8 replies - 1 through 8 (of 8 total) * Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/) In reply to: [[Gallery Custom Links] Completely breaks with WordPress 5.4.2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/completely-breaks-with-wordpress-5-4-2/) * [Greenthought](https://wordpress.org/support/users/greenthought/) * (@greenthought) * [5 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/completely-breaks-with-wordpress-5-4-2/#post-13032895) * In my report on my inability to attach links to the media library to my page texts I forgot to specify details. I am running Windows 10, standard theme, and my website is [http://www.zerowasteinstitute.org](http://www.zerowasteinstitute.org). The particular page I had a problem with is at [https://zerowasteinstitute.org/wp-admin/post.php?post=3726&action=edit](https://zerowasteinstitute.org/wp-admin/post.php?post=3726&action=edit). This URL keeps coming up even though I want a simple URL like [https://zerowasteinstitute.org/?page_id=30](https://zerowasteinstitute.org/?page_id=30). Is it being thought of as a post instead of a page? That was not what I thought I had created. * Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/) In reply to: [[Gallery Custom Links] Completely breaks with WordPress 5.4.2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/completely-breaks-with-wordpress-5-4-2/) * [Greenthought](https://wordpress.org/support/users/greenthought/) * (@greenthought) * [5 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/completely-breaks-with-wordpress-5-4-2/#post-13032339) * I just upgraded to WordPress 5.4.2. Suddenly I have no way to link from my text to a library image. I tried a plus sign hanging nearby which says it is to start a new block. I don’t want to use blocks but apparently I have no choice. I previously uploaded my new image to the media library (as I have a hundred times before) but when the link button for my text offers to go to MEDIA LIBRARY, my new image is not shown. And I don’t know what to do if it were shown. The whole linking feature is broken and instead of just going away after failing, it leaves crap on my text page which comes up every time I go to that page, even if I update or publish it. My text page now looks like a pig has walked over it, with junky boxes and queries and texts. I have created hundreds of links before now throughout my website but this has defeated me. * Forum: [Developing with WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/wp-advanced/) In reply to: [Content Not Showing Up](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/content-not-showing-up-4/) * [Greenthought](https://wordpress.org/support/users/greenthought/) * (@greenthought) * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/content-not-showing-up-4/#post-5203794) * Further information on the missing pdf files. I uploaded a new pdf file to the Media Library and though it seemed to upload normally, it was no more visible than the older pdf files. I took note that pdf files are allowed to be placed in the MEDIA LIBRARY according to the official description of the library, which lists the kinds of files to expect and includes pdf files. See [http://codex.wordpress.org/Media_Library_Screen#Table_of_Media](http://codex.wordpress.org/Media_Library_Screen#Table_of_Media) So I’m not trangressing any rule by expecting a pdf file to be linkable in the Media Library. * I’m out of business until I can solve this problem. I can’t be the only person with this problem. What is going on? Thank you for some help. Paul Palmer * Forum: [Developing with WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/wp-advanced/) In reply to: [Content Not Showing Up](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/content-not-showing-up-4/) * [Greenthought](https://wordpress.org/support/users/greenthought/) * (@greenthought) * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/content-not-showing-up-4/#post-5203786) * I guess this comment fits into this thread. I normally park my pdf files in my media library and link to them from my pages. It always worked fine. I have been doing this for years. Suddenly after upgrading to WP 3.9.2 the pdf files ALL disappeared. The titles are there with links but nothing can be viewed. The pdf files are gone. I had no warning about this and I have no idea why it happened. I have tried for a very long time to back up my media gallery. With all of the hoopla about backing up the database, or exporting an XML file, the media are always ignored. I installed a plug-in that explicitly said it would back up the media. After using it, I discovered that it would not back up the pdf files, only the jpg files. I asked the developer about this and he said he would fix it but never did. However I don’t know if a backup would have helped. It is as thought WP just doesn’t recognize the pdf files any more. My two websites are [http://www.greensocialthought.org](http://www.greensocialthought.org) and [http://www.zerowasteinstitute.org](http://www.zerowasteinstitute.org). There is no error message at all. The pdf files are just not there. Greenthought * Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) In reply to: [pdf files look terrible in WP 3.8](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pdf-files-look-terrible-in-wp-38/) * Thread Starter [Greenthought](https://wordpress.org/support/users/greenthought/) * (@greenthought) * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pdf-files-look-terrible-in-wp-38/#post-4522494) * Thank you Cyril. I didn’t know that. I will search where you say for the problem. However, another person found the same terrible rendition. Still, you have given me a place to look for a problem. Paul Palmer * Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) In reply to: [WordPress 3.8 Media Library](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-38-media-library/) * [Greenthought](https://wordpress.org/support/users/greenthought/) * (@greenthought) * [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-38-media-library/#post-4462930) * I am not sure what this thread is about but tangentially it concerns the media gallery which is my lament also. * I recently updated to WordPress 3.8. I believe that as soon as I did that, my pdf files in my media gallery began to look terrible. The image rendering randomly shows some letters as light, some as heavy, some as hard to read. The overall look is an unreadable mess. It looks as though fonts are being changed, even though the original pdf file is a pure image without fonts. The original pdf files on my computer render perfectly using Adobe Reader. My wordpress site is [http://www.greensocialthought.org](http://www.greensocialthought.org). * Paul Palmer [paulp@sonic.net](https://wordpress.org/support/users/greenthought/replies/paulp@sonic.net?output_format=md) * Forum: [Themes and Templates](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/themes-and-templates/) In reply to: [[Pinboard] pinboard header gets stretched](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pinboard-header-gets-stretched/) * [Greenthought](https://wordpress.org/support/users/greenthought/) * (@greenthought) * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pinboard-header-gets-stretched/#post-3221123) * I have the same thing. The theme options says to set the image to 96 x 392 so I did but it stretches the image sideways to maybe four times as long. Is there some way to insist on using a header image as uploaded without changing it? And I have no idea what retina means. Or where I find a slider. [http://www.greensocialthought.org](http://www.greensocialthought.org) * Forum: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/) In reply to: [Changing Header image](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-header-image-14/) * Thread Starter [Greenthought](https://wordpress.org/support/users/greenthought/) * (@greenthought) * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-header-image-14/#post-3233729) * Never mind, I found a setting called HEADER under APPEARANCE. As usual, there was no way to find this other than by accident. I searched the support under header and googled WordPress Header and got no help at all. This is not the way to set up a generally useful template like WordPress but it seems nothing changes to make basic design settings easier to find or understand. I searched on common terms like blogroll and widget but just found details of how to use them, never any human-to-human narrative paragraph explaining them the way your teacher would. Viewing 8 replies - 1 through 8 (of 8 total)