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 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
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   reply to: [[ICS Calendar] Ampersand in calendar url](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ampersand-in-calendar-url/)
 *  Thread Starter [markphe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/markphe/)
 * (@markphe)
 * [3 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ampersand-in-calendar-url/#post-16445072)
 * It looks like the URL is stored in the DB with `&` and if I visit my ical
   feed in a browser with that in the address bar it does seem to work, same using
   cURL. It’s the only reason I can find for the calendar not displaying at all 
   in WordPress.
 * I’m not sure if there are any logs that would help trying to troubleshoot this
   issue – there’s no feedback displayed in the XHR request, however the url in 
   the payload is empty and the column displaying the calendar is just blank. Nothing
   is logged in the apache error log.
 * Bizarrely, I have tried with an apostrophe in the title parameter (`'`) 
   and this gets converted back to a normal apostrophe when the page is saved.
 * Would be happy to privately share my entire shortcode block and URL with you 
   if it would help pinpoint the issue. Perhaps it’s down to using ajax?
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
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   reply to: [[ICS Calendar] Ampersand in calendar url](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ampersand-in-calendar-url/)
 *  Thread Starter [markphe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/markphe/)
 * (@markphe)
 * [3 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ampersand-in-calendar-url/#post-16444744)
 * No special page builder plugin or theme in use with this site. 
   I’ve tried block
   editor and code editor, both update the & to & when saving the page. I don’t
   have the classic editor installed. It’s definitely a shortcode block within a
   column of it’s own on the page. I’ve tried a brand new page with just a shortcode
   block, and the URL is still being modified when previewing/saving the page.
 * If I recreate the shortcode from scratch then save the page, it works. Next time
   anything on the page is amended and saved, the URL is broken again and the calendar
   fails to display.
 * I am using the following additional parameters:
   `[ics_calendar url="https://my-
   url.com/calendar?this=that&something=other" view="list" eventdesc="false" limitdays
   ="7" compact="true" ajax="true" title="This week"]`
    -  This reply was modified 3 years, 3 months ago by [markphe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/markphe/).

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