Hyperlinks including title text disappear when I preview or switch to visual

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  future0summer · Member · Sep 10, 2014 at 5:08 pm

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  Steps to reproduce:
  1) start new post in text editor
  2) add hyperlink with the ‘link’ button
  3a) click ‘preview’: the title text for the hyperlink, and so the link too, is missing from the previewed post.
  3b) switch to visual editor: same issue as in preview. Additionally, the link icon is greyed out.

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  timethief · Member · Sep 10, 2014 at 5:13 pm

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  This is the guide for creating links in posts and pages: http://en.support.wordpress.com/links/

  This is the general link model:
  <a href="URL HERE">Highlighted anchor text here</a>
  This is the visual result – it’s not actually linked.
  Highlighted anchor text here

  1. Enter the anchor text you want to link to first.
  2. Then use your mouse to highlight that anchor text. (If you don’t highlight the anchor text the chain icon will remain grayed out and not be useable.)
  3. Next click the chain icon in the editor and proceed to create the link.

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  future0summer · Member · Sep 10, 2014 at 5:17 pm

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  Ah, nice catch – I’ve been using a forum recently where the ‘title’ is the anchor text. Thanks!

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  timethief · Member · Sep 10, 2014 at 5:18 pm

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  I’m happy to help and you’re welcome. :)