my firefox home page does nor have a plus sign to allow me to add more shortcuts. Put the "+" sign back.

Hello Maybe. Try, disable the sponsored shortcuts https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/sponsor-privacy#w_how-to-disable-the-sponsored-shortcuts-feature Or If you wish to test, the preference, browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.topSitesRows 1 - Go to configuration editor https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/about-config-editor-firefox 2 - Enter a search term '''browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.topSitesRows''' You can double-click on the preference, alternatively, you can click the Edit button. Enter a new value (e.g) the value '''5''', and click the Save button to save the change. Close configuration editor (see the screenshot) Next, https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/customize-items-on-firefox-new-tab-page Add a Shortcut