EDIT button missing

Hi there,

That’s handled by WordPress and the Edit Post should definitely be there:
https://www.screencast.com/t/b7U1pI7h

Any chance you can disable all plugins to eliminate conflicts from other plugins first?

Let me know ??

LEO

Thanks for the prompt response!

I do not mean the EDIT button on the admin bar.

I used the TwentySeventeen for years. On the front-end of a published post, there was an EDIT button toward the bottom of each post. Clicking on that button allowed me to enter the back-end and make changes.

That Edit option is missing on my published posts with GeneratePress.

Is there a way to include screenshots here on the www.ads-software.com forums?

NEAL

You can use a service like this and provide the direct links here:
https://postimages.org/

L

Coo-well! I have never used this before!

Here is a post using Twenty Seventeen with the Edit button:
https://postimg.cc/ctQr2hWg

Here is the same post using GeneratePress without the Edit button:
https://postimg.cc/TyTG1Gw6

Hope this helps …

N

Hi there,

We opted not to include the edit link, as it’s already in the admin bar.

However, you can add it back yourself with a function:

add_action( 'generate_after_content', function() {
    if ( is_singular() ) {
        echo get_edit_post_link();
    }
} );

Adding PHP: https://docs.generatepress.com/article/adding-php/

Let me know if you need more info ??

TOM

Thanks but that did not work. I added the code to the Code Snippets plugin and all that happened was a URL appeared at the end of the content on my published post:

https://www.elvis-atouchofgold.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=48320&action=edit

What next?

NEAL

Hi there,

try this function instead:

add_action( 'generate_after_content', function() {
    if ( is_singular() ) {
        edit_post_link( __( 'Edit', 'generatepress' ), '<p>', '</p>' );
    }
} );

DAVID

Bravo!

That worked—it added the word “Edit” to the lower-left corner of each post, between the Category and the Comments section.

Thanks and keep on keepin’ on!

NEAL

Glad we could be of help

D

If you decide to do a survey, put me down as the first vote to restore the button as a default/automatic part of the free GeneratePress theme.

N