Title: WP 3.1 – Problem Insert/edit link Button
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# WP 3.1 – Problem Insert/edit link Button

 *  [DaDeliboy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dadeliboy/)
 * (@dadeliboy)
 * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-31-problem-insertedit-link-button/)
 * The Insert/edit link button in the tinyMCE zone does not work: the pop-up window
   does not appear. However, all the other tinyMCE button work (bold, italic, etc…).

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-31-problem-insertedit-link-button/#post-1940351)
 * Have you tried:
 * – checking through the solutions suggested in [Troubleshooting WordPress 3.1 – Master List](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/troubleshooting-wordpress-31-master-list)
 * – 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 Ten 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 [DaDeliboy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dadeliboy/)
 * (@dadeliboy)
 * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-31-problem-insertedit-link-button/#post-1940354)
 * Yes, I tried all this, does not work
 *  [jojakim](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jojakim/)
 * (@jojakim)
 * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-31-problem-insertedit-link-button/#post-1940702)
 * I encounter the same issue.
 * Constructor Theme with plugings: Cufon, NextGengallery, e-commerce, audio link
   player, Youtube Embed.
 * I’d hate to do major experiments now since the site has to stay live.
 * For now my solution is to use the simple link button in html editing mode.
 *  [ObviousIdea](https://wordpress.org/support/users/obviousidea/)
 * (@obviousidea)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-31-problem-insertedit-link-button/#post-1940743)
 * I confirm the same issue with the Visual mode for my WordPress 3.1 / [http://www.obviousidea.com](http://www.obviousidea.com)
 * but I also see it is browser dependant, it seems to work on firefox 3.6 but not
   with IE9 RC or Chrome.
    Can you confirm which browser version you are using ?
 *  [David Sword](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davidsword/)
 * (@davidsword)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-31-problem-insertedit-link-button/#post-1940744)
 * I was having the same problem: not in the posts/page screens, but in my plugin’s
   submenu_page, in wordpress 3.1 in latest chrome,.
 * I looked at the dif between the html in the posts/pages screens and my plugin
   page and I was misssing a hidden form for the links: (`<form id="wp-link" tabindex
   ="-1">`) with the new “Enter Link” dialog, then I found this function:
 * `wp_link_dialog();` (in wp-admin/includes/internal-linking.php) which generates
   the output of the hidden insert-link form
 * so I put it into my plugin with:
 *     ```
       add_action( 'admin_print_footer_scripts', 'wp_tiny_mce_preload_dialogs', 30 );
       add_action( 'tiny_mce_preload_dialogs', 'wp_link_dialog', 30 );
       ```
   
 *  & it fixed it, link buttons work now
 *  [ObviousIdea](https://wordpress.org/support/users/obviousidea/)
 * (@obviousidea)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-31-problem-insertedit-link-button/#post-1940745)
 * so could we consider it is a bug from chrome or from wordpress ?
 *  [vouchey](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vouchey/)
 * (@vouchey)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-31-problem-insertedit-link-button/#post-1940779)
 * – I tried turning off all plugins and still had the problem. I did it using the
   phpMySQL method just to be sure.
    – I tried reinstalling WP 3.1 – I’d heard that
   maybe it was a jQuery problem so I swapped in the jQuery code from WP3.0 under/
   wp-includes/js/jquery but that made no difference either.
 * Interestingly, another instance of WP3.1 that I’m running with multi-site turned
   on (and the exact same plugins) does not have this problem.
 * I have the problems with the link button with both Chrome and FF.
 *  [David Sword](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davidsword/)
 * (@davidsword)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-31-problem-insertedit-link-button/#post-1940780)
 * on your page with the problem editor button, in your browsers “view page source”
 * ctrl+f the snippet “`<form id="wp-link"`“
 * if it’s there – it’s for sure a jquery problem, and could be because of a non-
   3.1 compat theme (& not a plugin).
 *  [vouchey](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vouchey/)
 * (@vouchey)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-31-problem-insertedit-link-button/#post-1940781)
 * Yep. There it was.
 * I saw your post above and looked for /wp-admin/includes/internal-linking.php 
   but couldn’t find that file.
 * Any suggestions on what to do?
 *  [David Sword](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davidsword/)
 * (@davidsword)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-31-problem-insertedit-link-button/#post-1940782)
 * if you’re missing `/wp-admin/includes/internal-linking.php` that’s most likely
   you’re issue, it contains the function that prints the linking-form that tinymce
   +jquery pops-up. directly adding the file may solve it, but if you’re missing
   that file you may be missing others, so a fresh copy of 3.1 may be needed
 * [http://phpxref.ftwr.co.uk/wordpress/wp-admin/includes/internal-linking.php.source.html](http://phpxref.ftwr.co.uk/wordpress/wp-admin/includes/internal-linking.php.source.html)
 *  [vouchey](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vouchey/)
 * (@vouchey)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-31-problem-insertedit-link-button/#post-1940783)
 * Thanks, I replaced the /wp-admin/includes directory, but still no dice.
 * Arrgh.
 *  [vouchey](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vouchey/)
 * (@vouchey)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-31-problem-insertedit-link-button/#post-1940784)
 * Well I fixed it by stepping down to WP3.0-RC3. Not sexy, but it works!
 *  [Danny van Kooten](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dvankooten/)
 * (@dvankooten)
 * [14 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-31-problem-insertedit-link-button/#post-1940817)
 * [@davidsword](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davidsword/): You are a hero!
   Thanks. Noticed the wplink.js file missing, didn’t discover that function yet.:))
 *  [gnirsh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gnirsh/)
 * (@gnirsh)
 * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-31-problem-insertedit-link-button/#post-1940821)
 * davidsword, can you help me out at all?
 * I have the same problem as those above. I do have the internal-linking.php file.
   But when viewing source on the problem pages, I don’t have the “form id=”wp-link””
   code.
 * How can I get it added?
 *  [David Sword](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davidsword/)
 * (@davidsword)
 * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-31-problem-insertedit-link-button/#post-1940822)
 * it’s been a while, but i think i added this to my functions.php
 *     ```
       add_action( 'admin_print_footer_scripts', 'wp_tiny_mce_preload_dialogs', 30 );
       add_action( 'tiny_mce_preload_dialogs', 'wp_link_dialog', 30 );
       ```
   

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