Press This Functionality

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  platypusism · Member · Nov 16, 2017 at 2:47 pm

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  Has anyone found a way to restore the proper function Press This yet? My site is one in which I comment on news stories and I use the Press This bookmarklet several times a day. Pasting in a URL is silliness.

  There was nothing harmful about the bookmarklet and everything useful, now it’s gone without a word. Since it is how I work I need a solution that either brings it back or does the exact same thing that it did.

  Any suggestions to fix this mess?

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  stefbarz · Member · Nov 16, 2017 at 2:51 pm

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  Hi there,

  It looks like the blog you need help with is a self-hosted WordPress.org site (hosted by GoDaddy). These forums are for sites hosted on WordPress.com.
  For information on the differences between the two, please check this support page here:

  WordPress.com vs. WordPress.org

  For WordPress.org support, you can visit:

  https://wordpress.org/support/

  You can find all the documentation for WordPress.org (lessons, troubleshooting, etc.) here:

  https://codex.wordpress.org/Main_Page

  Hope this helps!

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  platypusism · Member · Nov 16, 2017 at 3:31 pm

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  Does bookmarketlet work for sites hosted with on WordPress.com?

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  stefbarz · Member · Nov 16, 2017 at 4:04 pm

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  Yes, it still does, but it looks like it has been retired instead from the core WordPress software (so for WordPress.org users), as this Staff member reply suggest:

  Are you referring to the Press This bookmarklet? It has been retired from the Core WordPress software, so we have no direct control over this. You can see the Core ticket on this here:

  https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/41689

  The Calypso version of the Press This bookmarklet can still be used as it runs on our Calypso codebase and not on the core software. I can’t guarantee that it won’t be retired at some point as well, though.

  This is the original thread link (on this forum):

  https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/bookmarklet-is-no-bookmarklet?replies=5

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  platypusism · Member · Nov 16, 2017 at 4:40 pm

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  Thanks.
  Based on the number of commplaints I’m reading on this subject I think their initial notion is a misjudgment. “Bookmarklets were popular seven – eight years ago, and now are considered mostly “old tech”.”