Title: Problem With Adding A Link To Post
Last modified: February 24, 2019

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# Problem With Adding A Link To Post

 *  [William Teach](https://wordpress.org/support/users/william-teach/)
 * (@william-teach)
 * [7 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-adding-a-link-to-post/)
 * Just upgraded to 5.1. What I’m seeing is that when I go to add a link, it doubles
   the writing. For instance, let’s say I write the words “something is wrong.” 
   I then highlight the words something is wrong, then click the insert/edit link
   button. Then the link options button, and check the button to open in a new tab.
   When I click the ok button, it looks like
 * something is wrong[something is wrong](http://notareallink.com) rather than just
   [something is wrong](http://notareallink.com)
 * It doubles up. Could it be the official plugin for Classic Editor causing this
   problem?
    -  This topic was modified 7 years, 3 months ago by [William Teach](https://wordpress.org/support/users/william-teach/).

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 *  [kristenhickman2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kristenhickman2/)
 * (@kristenhickman2)
 * [7 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-adding-a-link-to-post/#post-11241951)
 * Hi [@william-teach](https://wordpress.org/support/users/william-teach/),
 * I have upgraded as well, and have tested this in my classic editor. It seems 
   to work fine for me. I’m wondering if your theme might be causing this.
 * What theme are you using?
 *  [MarkRH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/markrh/)
 * (@markrh)
 * [7 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-adding-a-link-to-post/#post-11242959)
 * I’ve not seen this issue within the standard Gutenberg Paragraph block. Am using
   Firefox 65.
 *  Thread Starter [William Teach](https://wordpress.org/support/users/william-teach/)
 * (@william-teach)
 * [7 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-adding-a-link-to-post/#post-11249846)
 * It seems to happen only in Firefox while using the Classic Editor in Visual mode.
   Works fine in Text mode in FF and all modes in Chrome. I’ve tried it on multiple
   computers. Have not tried in other browsers.
 * > I have upgraded as well, and have tested this in my classic editor. It seems
   > to work fine for me. I’m wondering if your theme might be causing this.
   > What theme are you using?
 * Shouldn’t be the theme, as it is occurring within the WP admin panel while writing
   the post in the Classic Editor.
 *  [MarkRH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/markrh/)
 * (@markrh)
 * [7 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-adding-a-link-to-post/#post-11252558)
 * Well, I tried both the Classic Block within Gutenberg and using the Classic Editor
   plugin and creating links worked fine in both. Firefox 65.0.1 in Windows 7.
 *  Thread Starter [William Teach](https://wordpress.org/support/users/william-teach/)
 * (@william-teach)
 * [7 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-adding-a-link-to-post/#post-11288550)
 * Interesting. It happens to me in both Windows 10 and whatever version we have
   at work with Firefox.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 5 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [William Teach](https://wordpress.org/support/users/william-teach/)
 * Last activity: [7 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-adding-a-link-to-post/#post-11288550)
 * Status: not resolved

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