The symptoms: “When I add items to my WordPress blog Menu, I can’t move them using the ‘drag and drop’ method” (drag and drop defined as: left click and hold, move mouse, let go of left click. I know, duh.).
Has drag and drop stopped working on your WP menus?
What happened in my case: the left click and drag would cause the cursor only to highlight the title of the Page I was trying to move, but the Page module itself wouldn’t budge. I could add new top-level menu items, but couldn’t move any menu items. I could add more and more top-level Menu items, but couldn’t add or change the order of any of the Menu listings!
Without the WordPress Menus drag-and-drop function, WP Menus was crippled.
Solution: A plug-in called Use Google Libraries. It worked immediately. I found the solution here and you can visit the page of the ingenious author Jason Penney.
Hallelujah, while I was writing this, I noticed that the Use Google Libraries plug-in also had cured another problem:
The HTML tab had been greying out in the writing interface. That meant I couldn’t switch between Visual and HTML. In my Profile settings (in the upper right corner, under the writer’s name) I was literally toggling “
Disable the visual editor when writing”on and off just to add HTML commands! Pretty unacceptable.
So the Visual/HTML Tabs Were Crippled, Too?
Yes. But the plug-in they call Use Google Libraries cured them both in an instant. And I just found another crippling problem — setting a static page as home — was cured.
I can’t say this strongly enough:
Use Google Libraries the plug-in literally saved WordPress for me.
If you have had any of these problems, I hope you find this article. The Use Google Libraries plug-in is a miracle!
What causes the problems? “Some kind of plug-in conflict” is the theory — although disabling plug-ins didn’t cure. And “experts” all over the Web were suggesting things like make sure Java isn’t turned off in your browser, and re-download all your wp files (neither of which worked). Kind of nuts working with tools that break when other tools are added.
I may have mentioned this: It really irritates me to keep having to fix my writing tools instead of writing. See Is Technology Getting in the Way of Your Writing?
Thanks! It worked!
Delighted!
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This worked for me too
Thank you very much
i try to do it for 2 years and only now i success .
thank you , becouse this post my websites look wonderfull
no ..it dont work. still i am the same problem
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Amar, I’m sorry it didn’t work for you. The Use Google Libraries plugin has fixed the problem for others. Sincerely hoping you find a solution. When WordPress menus drag and drop stopped working, in my case it was associated with a number of other problems. I believe the issue is Javascripts but I’m not an expert.
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Glad it was helpful, Ken. Using Use Google Libraries saved WordPress for me. Not sure what it does, exactly, but it takes care of a lot of problems.
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This morning I had an issue with WP menus. Like you, I am fed up with conflicts with plug-ins. In fact, I’m going to invest in WooThemes and just use their recommended plug-ins for forms and seo.
Right now, I’m going to dramatically reduce my dependency on these ‘mini-miracles’ because there’s too much in the admin for customers to modify and fix when things ultimately go wrong.
I have just used the Use Google Libraries and I would like to thank your blog for basically saving my bacon!
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