Title: Does not encode link with custom text Last modified: August 20, 2016 --- # Does not encode link with custom text * Resolved [Matthias](https://wordpress.org/support/users/digitalcult/) * (@digitalcult) * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-not-encode-link-with-custom-text/) * I’m not sure whether I misconfigured something in my template or if the plugin really doesn’t encode the mailto-link when text (other than the mail address) is linked. * e.g. `Or you can send us an email.` * It works fine when an email address is written in the text. Anyone else having the same issue? * Cheers, Matthias * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/email-address-encoder/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/email-address-encoder/) Viewing 9 replies - 1 through 9 (of 9 total) * Plugin Author [Till Krüss](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tillkruess/) * (@tillkruess) * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-not-encode-link-with-custom-text/#post-3370597) * If your content isn’t passed through the `the_content` filter (or a few others), then you’ll need to encode it manually in your template files. * Where is that snippet above coming from, the WordPress editor, or from a template file? * Thread Starter [Matthias](https://wordpress.org/support/users/digitalcult/) * (@digitalcult) * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-not-encode-link-with-custom-text/#post-3370634) * Hmm.. found why it doesn’t work: The snippet above is written in the WordPress Editor and is placed on a (static) content page. Somewhere before that part there is a shortcode that shows posts from a certain category (announcements), which should be displayed as normal content in between two other text blocks (written in the editor). * When I remove the shortcode above that said text part, the plugin works fine and the email link is encoded. * This is the part where the shortcode gets the posts: * ``` $return_string = ''; query_posts(array('orderby' => $order_by, 'order' => $order, 'cat' => $category_id , 'category_name' => $category_name , 'showposts' => $posts)); if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); $content = get_the_content(); $content = apply_filters('the_content', $content); $content = str_replace(']]>', ']]>', $content); $return_string .= '
'; $return_string .= '

'. get_the_title() .'

'; $return_string .= $content; $return_string .= '
'; endwhile; endif; wp_reset_query(); return $return_string; ``` * Any ideas how I could fix that? * Plugin Author [Till Krüss](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tillkruess/) * (@tillkruess) * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-not-encode-link-with-custom-text/#post-3370636) * I’m not sure if I understand your setup fully. Could you post the code where the mailto-link is printed? * Thread Starter [Matthias](https://wordpress.org/support/users/digitalcult/) * (@digitalcult) * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-not-encode-link-with-custom-text/#post-3370637) * Do you mean the html output or the page.php (and the shortcodes.php)? * Plugin Author [Till Krüss](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tillkruess/) * (@tillkruess) * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-not-encode-link-with-custom-text/#post-3370638) * Your “page.php”, and please use something like pastebin.com. * Thread Starter [Matthias](https://wordpress.org/support/users/digitalcult/) * (@digitalcult) * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-not-encode-link-with-custom-text/#post-3370639) * On the page there is a lot of static content/text. And in between two of the text blocks, there should be all the posts of a given category. I thought the simplest way to do this is a shortcode that displays those posts. * page.php [http://pastebin.com/GHAgeDcc](http://pastebin.com/GHAgeDcc) * content-page.php [http://pastebin.com/rJRxkJxp](http://pastebin.com/rJRxkJxp) * shortcodes.php (the used snippet for the post listing) [http://pastebin.com/RBG36dSK](http://pastebin.com/RBG36dSK) * …sorry for the troubles. * Plugin Author [Till Krüss](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tillkruess/) * (@tillkruess) * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-not-encode-link-with-custom-text/#post-3370642) * Looks good. Where exactly is the mailto-link printed that doesn’t get encoded?` aaa_show_posts()`? * Could you check the result of the page without using Firebug, Web Inspector or Dragonfly, because they decode decimal/hexadecimal entities into plain text. To make sure your email address is encoded, right-click/secondary-click the page, click “View Source”, “View Page Source” or “Source” and search for the plain text email address. * Thread Starter [Matthias](https://wordpress.org/support/users/digitalcult/) * (@digitalcult) * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-not-encode-link-with-custom-text/#post-3370643) * No, it’s somewhere underneath the part with the aaa_show_posts() shortcode. * I checked the source code. When the shortcode is not placed on the page, everything is fine (read: your plugin works like a charm). But as soon as I put this shortcode somewhere on the page (doesn’t matter if it’s above or underneath the email link), the mail link isn’t encoded anymore. * Guess I have to re-write my shortcode somehow… * Plugin Author [Till Krüss](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tillkruess/) * (@tillkruess) * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-not-encode-link-with-custom-text/#post-3370644) * Could you [drop me a line](http://tillkruess.com/contact/)? Viewing 9 replies - 1 through 9 (of 9 total) The topic ‘Does not encode link with custom text’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://ps.w.org/email-address-encoder/assets/icon-256x256.jpg?rev=970206) * [Email Address Encoder](https://wordpress.org/plugins/email-address-encoder/) * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/email-address-encoder/#faq) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/email-address-encoder/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/email-address-encoder/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/email-address-encoder/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/email-address-encoder/reviews/) * 9 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [Till Krüss](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tillkruess/) * Last activity: [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-not-encode-link-with-custom-text/#post-3370644) * Status: resolved