Edit post button

[mattes3]

It would be nice if Ghost could show an edit button after a post when it has verified that I am an admin of the site.

[DavidDarnes]

This might be handy!

Link from the front end to the edit page

Kind of! If you add /edit to the url, you’ll get redirected - e.g. https://demo.ghost.io/welcome/ -> https://demo.ghost.io/welcome/edit

[Kevin]

@mattes3 the front-end and the admin are intentionally disconnected for security. With most setups there’s no way for the site to know if you’re logged into the admin area which precludes making a conditional button.

The /edit url redirect is the best way to jump from a post to the edit screen. If it’s something you do a lot you could always add a script to your theme/code injection to implement a hidden shortcut so that if you pressed Cmd+E for example it loads window.location + 'edit'

[denvergeeks]

@mattes3 Here is another similar post with some solutions I use:

Link from the front end to the edit page

@Eric_Morgan I’ve found 2 different Chrome Extensions that provide buttons in the top of your browser along side the search bar. Clicking them while you are on a page in your Ghost site automatically opens that page in editing mode (or first to your login page if you are not already logged in): [ghost-chrome-extension-buttons] The second one (on the right) in the image below you can find here: [ghost-chrome-extensions] As for the first one (on the left), I have it installed, and it has t…