Title: Insert/edit link box NOT WORKING.
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Insert/edit link box NOT WORKING.

 *  Resolved [rubian77](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rubian77/)
 * (@rubian77)
 * [14 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/insertedit-link-box-not-working/)
 * I just upgraded to 3.2.1 this morning…and am not happy.
 * I wanted to add a link to some text. So I did the usual highlight text, click
   the add/edit link box in the toolbar, and got the pop-up box…but after entering
   the link and clicking “Update” I get a notification that says “The changes you
   made will be lost if you navigate away from this page.” If I click “Stay on this
   page,” no amount of clicking “Update” will actually update the link… and clicking“
   Cancel” on the add/edit dialog box does NOTHING (I have to click the X). Clicking
   on “Leave this page” closes the dialog without saving changes and sends me to
   a page totally different than the one I was trying to add the link to. Also, 
   the “Or link to existing content” option doesn’t do anything even though I get
   a hand-cursor when I mouse over it.
 * I am getting the same problem in IE 7, FF 5, and Chrome. Why is it doing this,
   and how do I fix it?? Thanks in advance!!

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 *  [Sabinou](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sabinou1/)
 * (@sabinou1)
 * [14 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/insertedit-link-box-not-working/#post-2200540)
 * I’ll let the pros handle the pro reply, however have you tried the “reinstall
   wordpress automatically” from your dashboard ?
 * Nothing will be lost if you try that, and perhaps a broken installation, whatever
   the reason, could be the cause…
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [14 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/insertedit-link-box-not-working/#post-2200541)
 * Have you tried:
 * – deactivating **all** plugins to see if this resolves the problem. If this works,
   re-activate the plugins one by one until you find the problematic plugin(s).
 * – switching to the Twenty Eleven theme to rule out any theme-specific problems.
 * – [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.
 *  Thread Starter [rubian77](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rubian77/)
 * (@rubian77)
 * [14 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/insertedit-link-box-not-working/#post-2200610)
 * I noticed that most (if not all) of my plugins needed to be updated, so I tried
   to update them (thinking that might be the issue) — half of them had errors and
   completely removed the entire plugin (great), and the other half I deactivated
   because I don’t really need them.
 * The link-adding is working again. 🙂
 * Now to just get my necessary plugins back…
 *  [NZWineDirectory](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nzwinedirectory/)
 * (@nzwinedirectory)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/insertedit-link-box-not-working/#post-2200983)
 * Hi all
 * Had the Same Problem – WordPress SEO Version 1.0.1 | By Joost de Valk was the
   plugin that affected it. Works fine again now
 * Cheers JB
 *  [all41inc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/all41inc/)
 * (@all41inc)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/insertedit-link-box-not-working/#post-2200985)
 * I’m having the same problem on my site. I’m using 3.2 and the “link” button stopped
   working about three days ago, and I’ve been pulling my hair out ever since.
 * If I disable all my plugins, will it affect my website. Will all of my ads disappear,
   and so on. Or can I disable them all (keeping website intact), only to later 
   reinstall the ones I need?
 * It’s very annoying! So much so that I’ve been looking at other programs to build
   my next site. I don’t want to, though… WordPress is very user-friendly (when 
   it works), especially for non-programmers like myself.

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