Title: Plugin links not working
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Plugin links not working

 *  Resolved [gzhmr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gzhmr/)
 * (@gzhmr)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-links-not-working/)
 * I’m developing a plugin with the latest version of WordPress (3.4.2) locally (
   XAMPP 1.7.7 [PHP: 5.3.8]) and for some reason the links are not working within
   the plugin. I just have a simple delete link that links to a ‘delete-gallery.
   php’ file from within the plugin admin page. This file (delete-gallery.php) only
   calls a function to delete the record from the database and redirects back to
   the page that called it (the plugin admin page). Simple enough. But, when the
   link is clicked I get directed to XAMPP root (localhost:8080/xampp) and not the
   requested destination (delete-gallery.php) for some reason.
 *  `$url = plugins_url(‘includes/delete-gallery.php’, _FILE_);
    echo ‘<a href=”‘.
   $url.’?gallery_id=’.$gallery[‘gallery_id’].'”>Delete</a>’;`
 * I know the hrefs’ path is correct on the link because it shows up in the status
   bar on hover, but for some reason it’s not locating the file locally on submission.
   If I set the destination to somewhere external (ie. google.com, etc) it works
   fine, but not locally within wordpress.
 * The permalink structure has been updated and the .htaccess file is currently 
   as so:
 *  `# BEGIN WordPress
    <IfModule mod_rewrite.c> RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / 
   RewriteRule ^index\.php$ – [L] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond%{
   REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule . /index.php [L] </IfModule> # END WordPress`
 * If I use a blank .htaccess file I don’t get redirected to the XAMPP root, but
   instead get the error ‘Object not found! The requested URL was not found on this
   server. …’ when the link is clicked.
 * Is there something that needs to be set in .htaccess to allow redirecting locally
   within wordpress? I’m at a loss here. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

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 *  Thread Starter [gzhmr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gzhmr/)
 * (@gzhmr)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-links-not-working/#post-3114003)
 * ??
 *  Thread Starter [gzhmr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gzhmr/)
 * (@gzhmr)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-links-not-working/#post-3114004)
 * ughh!! simple syntax error!! Only had single underscores on the FILE paramater.
   _FILE_ -> __FILE__

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 * Last activity: [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-links-not-working/#post-3114004)
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