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URL Shortening goes wrong

CE cwwcwi0ecnuwijcowecwreiovuejwcko
cwwcwi0ecnuwijcowecwreiovuejwcko
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Some people posted urls on my forum, but when they are shortened the link gets messed up. For example when I post http://codex.simple-press.com/codex/plugins/our-plugins/available-plugins/

It becomes http://codex.simple-press.com/cod…. ilable-plugins/
And then only the first part is clickable with a non existing target url.

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CE cwwcwi0ecnuwijcowecwreiovuejwcko
cwwcwi0ecnuwijcowecwreiovuejwcko
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Just found a same instance on the simple-press forum here:
https://simple-press.com/support-forum/sp5-general-topics/theme-translation-not-working/#p115029

MP Mr Papa
Mr Papa
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unfortunately, the url shortening works fine… its the make clickable part that occasionally fails…  and that is done by WP (its one of their functions)…  and a known issue for them with certain characters in the text (ie a full stop)… 

no clue why you would be having an issue with the url you listed though – works fine for me on test sites and here

http://codex.simple-press.com/codex/plugins/our-plugins/available-plugins/

do you have any other plugins that might affect links in post/page content of wp?

and we are looking for a better make clickable function/library than the wp one… but no luck yet… still looking…

CE cwwcwi0ecnuwijcowecwreiovuejwcko
cwwcwi0ecnuwijcowecwreiovuejwcko
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I just gave it as an example. But you can view the problem right here on the forum at this users post:
https://simple-press.com/support-forum/sp5-general-topics/theme-translation-not-working/#p115029

3rd line of his post. Link is not working because of it’s url being cut off.

MP Mr Papa
Mr Papa
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yes, I know…  its because of french character that was in the link…  as I mentioned, the wp make clickable fails on some characters…

until we find a better one than the wp make clickable function, not much we can do…  you could disable the url shortener if its occurring too much…