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.

This might be handy! [image] Link from the front end to the edit page Developer help 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

@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 …

@mattes3 Here is another similar post with some solutions I use: [image] Link from the front end to the edit page Developer help @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 …

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DavidDarnes April 28, 2020, 1:21pm 2

This might be handy!

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