URLs as links in Google Chrome

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  neatnik2009 · Member · Jan 18, 2014 at 4:05 pm

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  I noticed a change yesterday as I blogged. At first, as usual, whenever I copied and pasted a URL into a post, it became a link automatically. (That was convenient.) Then I had to make all links automatically. (That was inconvenient.) This pattern holds today. All this time I have been blogging in Google Chrome. I was used to URLs not becoming links automatically in Firefox, hence my use of Google Chrome.

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  timethief · Member · Jan 18, 2014 at 4:29 pm

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  I’m not clear on what you are articulating.
  Are you copying and pasting content that contains links?

  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 here in the forum.
  Highlighted anchor text here

  1. Enter the relevant descriptive anchor text you want to link to first. Note that “here” is not a good choice.
  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.

  More here > http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2013/05/20/creating-html-hyperlinks-links-in-wordpress/

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  neatnik2009 · Member · Jan 18, 2014 at 7:34 pm

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  I am copying and pasting a website’s URL into a post to link my post to that website. I have done this countless times successfully, until yesterday. Something changed, and it was not my method.

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  neatnik2009 · Member · Jan 18, 2014 at 9:20 pm

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  How explicit and detailed should I be? How about this? Now, when I copy and paste a URL (not content–a URL) into a post while using Google Chrome, no longer (as of yesterday) does that URL become a functional hyperlink automatically. Now it copies and pastes as any other blog text. So I have to highlight it, copy it, click on the icon by which I create a link, and create the link that way.
  Why did I start to have to do this yesterday morning? What changed? And who will change it back to the way it used to be?