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Last modified: June 5, 2018 --- # ? * Resolved [Craig](https://wordpress.org/support/users/divithemeexamples/) * (@divithemeexamples) * [7 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/10364216/) * if you inspect the green VIEW LAYOUT button, since the update to external.php i now no longer get the url paramater of the link attached…. * so [http://www.elegantthemes.com/affiliates/idevaffiliate.php?id=11299&url=42293](http://www.elegantthemes.com/affiliates/idevaffiliate.php?id=11299&url=42293) is outputting as [http://www.elegantthemes.com/affiliates/idevaffiliate.php?id=11299](http://www.elegantthemes.com/affiliates/idevaffiliate.php?id=11299) * quite a major issue for this as it designates what page the affiliate link goes to * any ideas what may be causing this? * thanks * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2F10364216%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US) to see the link]_ Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 25 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/10364216/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/10364216/page/2/?output_format=md) * Thread Starter [Craig](https://wordpress.org/support/users/divithemeexamples/) * (@divithemeexamples) * [7 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/10364216/#post-10364218) * woops, sorry for the ? title! cant change it now * Thread Starter [Craig](https://wordpress.org/support/users/divithemeexamples/) * (@divithemeexamples) * [7 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/10364216/#post-10364259) * i am also now getting mixed content errors as the link is http (the affiliate links are all http) – i think before the update this wasn’t an issue as it was not part of a form? * Plugin Support [Riaan K.](https://wordpress.org/support/users/riaanknoetze/) * (@riaanknoetze) * [7 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/10364216/#post-10364584) * Hi there, * I just had a look at that page and the parameters do still show up for me. Here’s a link to the `form action` part of the link (which controls where the user is sent): * Link to image: [http://cld.wthms.co/wiGOD9](http://cld.wthms.co/wiGOD9) * Hope it helps. * Thread Starter [Craig](https://wordpress.org/support/users/divithemeexamples/) * (@divithemeexamples) * [7 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/10364216/#post-10364611) * thanks. yes, the url in the form shows the full url, but when clicked it is missing the ?url=xxxx * if you expand the arrow on the section you highlighted you see but there should also be something like this is missing * Thread Starter [Craig](https://wordpress.org/support/users/divithemeexamples/) * (@divithemeexamples) * [7 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/10364216/#post-10364646) * is it possible to get a copy of the external.php before it was changed to a form structure to test if this fixes if i revert? * Plugin Support [Riaan K.](https://wordpress.org/support/users/riaanknoetze/) * (@riaanknoetze) * [7 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/10364216/#post-10364785) * Sure thing, you can get older versions of the WooCommerce at [https://wordpress.org/plugins/woocommerce/advanced/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/woocommerce/advanced/)– > Look at the bottom for “Previous Versions” 🙂 * Thread Starter [Craig](https://wordpress.org/support/users/divithemeexamples/) * (@divithemeexamples) * [7 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/10364216/#post-10365015) * thanks. do you know why this file was updated the way it was so i can understand what risk i may take by using the old file? * thanks * Thread Starter [Craig](https://wordpress.org/support/users/divithemeexamples/) * (@divithemeexamples) * [7 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/10364216/#post-10365051) * p.s. downloaded from 3.1 and replaced the external.php file and links are working as they should now…. still would like to know what caused the issue tho if you have any ideas? * [Ironos](https://wordpress.org/support/users/irongenetics96/) * (@irongenetics96) * [7 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/10364216/#post-10365137) * Please fix this link issue on the next update. I have the same problem * Thread Starter [Craig](https://wordpress.org/support/users/divithemeexamples/) * (@divithemeexamples) * [7 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/10364216/#post-10365143) * [@irongenetics96](https://wordpress.org/support/users/irongenetics96/) i thought i was going crazy… spent all day trying to figure this one out! * there is also an issue in that now the links are wrapped up in a form, if any external links are http rather than https you get a non secure warning in the browser which doesnt happen with the old version of external.php * [Ironos](https://wordpress.org/support/users/irongenetics96/) * (@irongenetics96) * [7 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/10364216/#post-10365144) * I do not know why they changed it in the 3.4 update, external links worked fine before. Now we can´t even track this new weird button * [Ironos](https://wordpress.org/support/users/irongenetics96/) * (@irongenetics96) * [7 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/10364216/#post-10365153) * So is there a change in the next woocommerce update or do we have as affiliates to use versions before 3.4 forever? * [Ironos](https://wordpress.org/support/users/irongenetics96/) * (@irongenetics96) * [7 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/10364216/#post-10365154) * Worst part is: On some affiliate programs you can´t get commission anymore because of the non existent referrer * [Ironos](https://wordpress.org/support/users/irongenetics96/) * (@irongenetics96) * [7 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/10364216/page/2/#post-10365201) * @divithmeeexamples Did you made the rollback to 3.35 or prior? * [Ironos](https://wordpress.org/support/users/irongenetics96/) * (@irongenetics96) * [7 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/10364216/page/2/#post-10365230) * I think you have to do a rollback on divithemeexamples too. It is a woocommerce issue after the 3.4 patch , i have the same problem too… Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 25 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/10364216/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/10364216/page/2/?output_format=md) The topic ‘?’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://ps.w.org/woocommerce/assets/icon.svg?rev=3234504) * [WooCommerce](https://wordpress.org/plugins/woocommerce/) * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/woocommerce/#faq) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/woocommerce/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/woocommerce/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/woocommerce/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/woocommerce/reviews/) ## Tags * [external links](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/external-links/) * 25 replies * 5 participants * Last reply from: [jessepearson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jessepearson/) * Last activity: [7 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/10364216/page/2/#post-10400422) * Status: resolved