If you’re not already using Press This, maybe now’s a good time to start. Press This is a for you if you’d like to share excertps from other websites on your own site. It’s a simple Javascript bookmarklet that opens a new window with a link to the site you’re on. It then lets you add pictures, text and post it to your site – just as if you’re writing a new post. It’s genious! Find it under “Tools” and drag the link to your browser bar – no installation needed, it’ll only be a simple bookmark.
However, on some sites the new window brings up a 404 error, indicating that something’s amiss. Turns out that WordPress is getting confused about certain mod-rewrite rules or something… Whatever the reason: Fret not, there’s an easy solution to fix this (thanks to Blogmum and the WordPress Forum for these instructions).
- Right-click the Press This link on your browser bar, and select “properties”
- You’ll see a long line of javascript code in the location box
- Find the following code:
u='+e(l.href)+'- Change it to this:
u='+e(l.href.replace(/\//g,'\\/'))+'- Tada – Press This is working now. Hurra!
Please note that you might find it easier to copy the entire line of code into a text editor, search for the string and then post it back into the Properties section.
Happy Pressing 
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this is great thanks for that, dont understand why this isnt fixed in the core updates?
That is a good question… same here, I don’t understand it
Oh thank you, thank you, thank you!
It’s such an awesome feature that is hindered by this little bug, they really should fix it.
Thanks again!
Bless you! Everything else had me hacking the htaccess or worse. This did it!
Fabulous. Worked like a charm. Thank you!
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