How to stop text editor turning & into ∧ in url

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  michaelshawbond · Member · May 19, 2014 at 11:43 am

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  Hello,
  I’m trying to embed a url in shortcode in the text editor but it automatically converts every “&” into the HTML character code “&”, which makes the url unusable. Is there any way to stop this happening?
  Many thanks.

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  druesome · Staff · May 20, 2014 at 2:21 pm

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  Hi Michael,

  Can you tell me which post you need help on? To get around this, you’ll need to substitute “&” with “&” such as in the following example:

  http://www.test.com/test.php?id=55&set=9

  http://www.test.com/test.php?id=55&set=9

  http://en.support.wordpress.com/links/#troubleshooting

  Note that if you attempt to edit the link, you may need to substitute the “&” again.

  Cheers!

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  michaelshawbond · Member · May 20, 2014 at 4:03 pm

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  Many thanks for your help. For some reason the “&” remains in the url in my browser. I’ve managed to get round it by making a shortened url that contains no ampersands.

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  druesome · Staff · May 21, 2014 at 3:19 am

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  No problem!