Title: Problem creating hyperlinks
Last modified: January 18, 2022

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# Problem creating hyperlinks

 *  [akenc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/akenc/)
 * (@akenc)
 * [4 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-creating-hyperlinks/)
 * Hello all,
 * This is my first post here and I’m not an WordPress expert or even experienced
   with WP so please be patient.
 * I’ve been asked by a friend of mine to try and sort out a problem on her site.
   It’s an odd one to say the least. She’s created a page with hyperlinks to link
   out to other sites with her stuff on them, the links are correctly entered but
   they don’t work properly.
 * One of the links is to a Redbubble shop the link as entered is:
 * [https://www.redbubble.com/people/thegiftshed/shop?asc=u](https://www.redbubble.com/people/thegiftshed/shop?asc=u)
 * However, the link generated by WordPress is malformed – hovering over the link
   shows:
 * [https://www.redbubble.com/people/th.giftshed/shop?asc=u](https://www.redbubble.com/people/th.giftshed/shop?asc=u)
 * I’ve tried a few variations and it seems a simple link like [https://google.co.uk](https://google.co.uk)
   works fine and cutting the Redbubble link down to [https://www.redbubble.com](https://www.redbubble.com)
   will work properly too. The moment anything else is added the problem returns.
 * Any ideas?
 * Thanks in advance 🙂
    -  This topic was modified 4 years, 4 months ago by [akenc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/akenc/).
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fproblem-creating-hyperlinks%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Moderator [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/)
 * (@sterndata)
 * Volunteer Forum Moderator
 * [4 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-creating-hyperlinks/#post-15265883)
 * Are you sure that was an `e` and not an accented version?
 *  Thread Starter [akenc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/akenc/)
 * (@akenc)
 * [4 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-creating-hyperlinks/#post-15265897)
 * Yes I’ve typed it afresh a few times just in case.
 * The orginal link was supplied by Redbubble I believe.
 *  Moderator [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/)
 * (@sterndata)
 * Volunteer Forum Moderator
 * [4 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-creating-hyperlinks/#post-15265912)
 * Definitely works for me: [https://www.loom.com/share/956ad9e6ead946bebd046361dbbb09d4](https://www.loom.com/share/956ad9e6ead946bebd046361dbbb09d4)
 * Resulting link is `https://www.redbubble.com/people/thegiftshed/shop?asc=u`
 * So it’s likely that you’ve got a funky “e” situation.
 *  Thread Starter [akenc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/akenc/)
 * (@akenc)
 * [4 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-creating-hyperlinks/#post-15265956)
 * That’s odd. The link was originally typed by my friend on her PC. I’ve typed (
   edited) it on my laptop and a separate desktop machine into a separate private
   test page on the site. That’s three machines so whatever’s happening has to be
   on the hosting server WordPress instance.
 * Also, surely a funky ‘e’ would have prevented google.co.uk working or even redbubble.
   com?
 * It only happens on the ‘thegiftshed’ portion of the link – weird or what 😀
 * Thanks for looking at it 🙂
 *  Moderator [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/)
 * (@sterndata)
 * Volunteer Forum Moderator
 * [4 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-creating-hyperlinks/#post-15265959)
 * FWIW, I copied/pasted your link from above.
 *  Thread Starter [akenc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/akenc/)
 * (@akenc)
 * [4 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-creating-hyperlinks/#post-15265974)
 * That was my laptop so I know it’s not that which rather confirms that the problem’s
   in the WordPress instance.
 *  Thread Starter [akenc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/akenc/)
 * (@akenc)
 * [4 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-creating-hyperlinks/#post-15266035)
 * I’ve got a temporary fix by using tinyurl – not ideal but it works for now. I’d
   like to get to the bottom of this though so if it’s ok by you I’ll leave the 
   post open – maybe someone will have an ‘aha’ moment.
 * Thanks for looking at it 🙂

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