Title: "Add new" button is not functioning, cannot post articles
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# "Add new" button is not functioning, cannot post articles

 *  [sportsreporter of ny](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sportsreporter-of-ny/)
 * (@sportsreporter-of-ny)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/add-new-button-is-not-functioning-cannot-post-articles/)
 * I’m not sure if I’m on version 3.9.1.
 * Hi
 * I have been unable to post ANYTHING to my sports site, [http://www.sportsreporters.com](http://www.sportsreporters.com),
   for a couple of months. The “Add New” button is unresponsive. and while most 
   of the other links were functioning perfectly last month, I just checked them
   out and am now getting sporadic function from them, as well. I have no idea what’s
   going on. I just added content to my last posted article, about New York Giants
   General Manager, Jerry Reese. I inserted the new content, a transcript of Eli
   Manning’s press conference today, at the early part of the Jerry Reese article
   but clearly, without an “add new” function, I can’t write anything new without
   removing something that has already posted.
 * Please help. I’ve been on the phone with my server, Gate.com, who have told me
   they have absolutely nothing to do with the function of WordPress.

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 *  Moderator [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/)
 * (@t-p)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/add-new-button-is-not-functioning-cannot-post-articles/#post-5018459)
 * Have you tried:
    – deactivating ALL plugins temporarily to see if this resolves
   the problem. If this works, re-activate them individually (one-by-one) to find
   the problematic plugin(s). – switching to the unedited default, core-bundled 
   Theme (such as Twenty Fourteen) for a moment using the WP dashboard to rule out
   any theme-specific issue. – [resetting the plugins folder](http://codex.wordpress.org/FAQ_Troubleshooting#How_to_deactivate_all_plugins_when_not_able_to_access_the_administrative_menus.3F)
   by FTP or PhpMyAdmin. Sometimes, an apparently inactive plugin can still cause
   problems (because the hooks remain unless plugins completely removed or some 
   plugins stick around in cached files. So by renaming the folder, you break them
   and force them inactive).
 * – If these troubleshooting steps don’t resolve the iisue, You can check the codex
   page on how to [Troubleshoot JS Issues in your Browser Console.](http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Your_Browser_to_Diagnose_JavaScript_Errors)
 *  Thread Starter [sportsreporter of ny](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sportsreporter-of-ny/)
 * (@sportsreporter-of-ny)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/add-new-button-is-not-functioning-cannot-post-articles/#post-5018687)
 * Hi Tara,
 * Thanks for responding and my apologies for not getting back to you, sooner. I
   am the least “tech” type on earth, so much of what you suggested above is beyond
   my comprehension. I did go to the Plug-ins section on WordPress and deactivated
   most, if not all of them. I wasn’t sure what I was looking for, though. Was I
   supposed to deactivate them and then, go click on “Add New” while they were still
   deactivated? Also, is there a specific plug-in that relates directly to the “
   Add New” link?
 * You wrote, “switching to the unedited default, core-bundled Theme (such as Twenty
   Fourteen) for a moment using the WP dashboard to rule out any theme-specific 
   issue.” My apologies but I don’t have a clue what any of this means or how to
   follow up on it.
 * You then wrote, ” resetting the plugins folder by FTP or PhpMyAdmin. Sometimes,
   an apparently inactive plugin can still cause problems (because the hooks remain
   unless plugins completely removed or some plugins stick around in cached files.
   So by renaming the folder, you break them and force them inactive).” Again, my
   apologies for my lack of knowledge but I don’t know what any of this means or
   how to follow up on it.
 * Can you help an untechnical layperson (I’m just a writer, wish I knew tech better)
   with this stuff?
 * Scott

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 * Last activity: [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/add-new-button-is-not-functioning-cannot-post-articles/#post-5018687)
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