Hyperlink being transformed by WordPress / dead link

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  yalakom · Member · Jul 31, 2014 at 8:27 am

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  Hi all,

  I have noticed that some of my hyperlinks inserted in my post, which initially worked perfectly (I checked), were automatically transformed by wordpress some days later by adding a “%20” at the end of the URL. With this, the link ends up dead for the reader who clicks on it and that’s a bummer.

  Has anyone else experienced this?
  Does anyone know why this is occuring and how to prevent it?

  Thanks a lot for your help in advance!

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  scarstocea · Member · Jul 31, 2014 at 8:35 am

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  Hey there,

  The ” %20 ” is actually a space character (empty space) which has been URL-encoded.

  If you’ve entered these links manually, I strongly suggest checking each and one of them to make sure they have no trailing “spaces” at the end – that should fix it.

  Stefan

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  raincoaster · Member · Jul 31, 2014 at 8:35 am

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  Which links on what specific post?

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  yalakom · Member · Jul 31, 2014 at 6:56 pm

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  Ah that makes total sense Scarstocea! I believe I may have selected a space after some of my links before adding the URL without noticing really. I will see if that’s the problem next time I create hyperlinks.

  Thanks for the tip!