Plugins can't add new links to navbar/quick links
 

I had recently installed a plugin and noticed that the links weren't showing up where it said they should. I assumed this was a bug with the plugin and carried on with a plan to just manually insert them. However I noticed another plugin that I had previously disabled but I needed to use again didn't put the links where they should be either. I uninstalled and then re-installed it with the updated version even and it still didn't do it.

So does anyone have any idea on this or solutions for me? Could manually having added links before messed this up?

You've upgraded to your forum 4.2.x. As of 4.2 navigation items are controlled through the navigation manager in admincp and not through plugins.

The navigation manager is found at admincp->settings->navigation manager.

If the plugin was written prior to v4.2 then it will not add Nav Tabs properly. The code for adding tabs changed in v4.2.

What plugin are you trying to use?

Correct, however, plugins can still add tabs during install

If the plugin has not been updated to do so then no it won't. Many plugins, even one of mine, have not been updated to add the navlink. Just because a plugin can do something does not mean that it does.

that is what I said...

Ahh, makes sense. Yeah I am aware of the nav manager and whatnot and use it but I didn't know that older plugins wouldn't work with it. Makes sense. Thanks everyone, was worried I was gonna be hunting for some piece of edited code I did awhile ago that is causing a problem.