# Editing post causes link click counter to be lost
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/editing-post-causes-link-click-counter-to-be-lost/100445
**Category:** Support
**Tags:** click-counter
**Created:** [October 25, 2018, 10:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/editing-post-causes-link-click-counter-to-be-lost/100445 "2018-10-25T10:45:31Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@gingerbeardman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gingerbeardman)
#### Post date: [October 25, 2018, 10:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/editing-post-causes-link-click-counter-to-be-lost/100445/1 "2018-10-25T10:45:31Z")
According to the following old issue, link counts should come back after a hard refresh page. But I’m not seeing this. Editing the post causes them to disappear forever for me.
[https://meta.discourse.org/t/editing-a-post-causes-click-count-on-links-to-be-lost/42109](https://meta.discourse.org/t/editing-a-post-causes-click-count-on-links-to-be-lost/42109)
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [October 25, 2018, 11:18am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/editing-post-causes-link-click-counter-to-be-lost/100445/2 "2018-10-25T11:18:33Z")
No repro. I just edited post here on meta with a YouTube link that had a click count of one. After editing and saving the post, the count was still at one.
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### Author:  [@gingerbeardman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gingerbeardman)
#### Post date: [October 25, 2018, 11:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/editing-post-causes-link-click-counter-to-be-lost/100445/3 "2018-10-25T11:29:58Z")
Here’s the post I edited
> **[Import Gaming - Tools and Techniques](https://www.retrogameboards.com/t/import-gaming-tools-and-techniques/1065)**
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> I thought it would be useful to share apps, tools and techniques that can be used to make our hobby a little easier. None of these are silver bullets, but together they make spelunking for import gaming information a whole lot easier. Websites ...
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### Author:  [@gingerbeardman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gingerbeardman)
#### Post date: [October 26, 2018, 5:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/editing-post-causes-link-click-counter-to-be-lost/100445/4 "2018-10-26T17:24:54Z")
Could it be the other board is running an older version of Discourse?
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### Author:  [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)
#### Post date: [October 26, 2018, 5:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/editing-post-causes-link-click-counter-to-be-lost/100445/5 "2018-10-26T17:30:40Z")
[https://meta.discourse.org/t/dont-show-click-count/100423/4?u=merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dont-show-click-count/100423/4)
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### Author:  [@gingerbeardman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gingerbeardman)
#### Post date: [October 26, 2018, 5:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/editing-post-causes-link-click-counter-to-be-lost/100445/6 "2018-10-26T17:32:13Z")
Many thanks @merefield !
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### Author:  [@gingerbeardman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gingerbeardman)
#### Post date: [October 26, 2018, 5:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/editing-post-causes-link-click-counter-to-be-lost/100445/7 "2018-10-26T17:36:33Z")
I’ll leave this open
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2018, 12:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/editing-post-causes-link-click-counter-to-be-lost/100445/8 "2018-10-27T00:08:01Z")