Title: Angle Brackets around hyperlink issue
Last modified: February 11, 2019

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# Angle Brackets around hyperlink issue

 *  Resolved [ralphw](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ralphw/)
 * (@ralphw)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/angle-brackets-around-hyperlink-issue/)
 * When a new user registers, they receive a confirmation email with a link to set
   up a password and a link to the admin access page.
 * Unfortunately, the URL for the password page is enclosed with angle brackets.
 * If the receiver has to cut&paste the link to make it work, the brackets make 
   doing so ineffective. (The recipient has to be cognizant of this and remove the
   brackets to get the link to work).
 * Email I received below, with site URL redacted…
 * “To set your password, visit the following address:
 * <[https://xxxxx.com/wp-login.php?action=rp&key=SLoOmv7m3318Pf6ZSdEi&login=ral2&gt](https://xxxxx.com/wp-login.php?action=rp&key=SLoOmv7m3318Pf6ZSdEi&login=ral2&gt);
 * [https://xxx.com/wp-login.php](https://xxx.com/wp-login.php) ”
 * Thanks!

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 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/angle-brackets-around-hyperlink-issue/#post-11193859)
 * What email app or webmail are you using?
 * The brackets are pretty much standard for a clickable link in email.
 *  [Joy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joyously/)
 * (@joyously)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/angle-brackets-around-hyperlink-issue/#post-11193868)
 * I’ve seen this question before, and it seems like they wrote a ticket for it.
 *  Thread Starter [ralphw](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ralphw/)
 * (@ralphw)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/angle-brackets-around-hyperlink-issue/#post-11194550)
 * Hey, guys…
    Thanks for sharing your thoughts! James, I use Thunderbird, and I’ve
   never seen angle brackets enclose a hyperlink before in any of my emails. The
   point being that those who may need to copy the link and paste it into their 
   browser, for whatever reason, would have to strip out the brackets to make the
   link work. Odd thing, too, is that the second link in the email had NO angle 
   brackets enclosing it. I wasn’t sure that this forum was the correct place to
   bring this issue to the attention of the developers of WP. Do either of you know
   if there is a better place/better way to share this info with them?
 * Thanks!
 *  [Joy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joyously/)
 * (@joyously)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/angle-brackets-around-hyperlink-issue/#post-11194570)
 * Yes, see the existing tickets here (or search for other keywords):
    [https://core.trac.wordpress.org/search?q=angle+bracket+link](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/search?q=angle+bracket+link)
 *  Thread Starter [ralphw](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ralphw/)
 * (@ralphw)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/angle-brackets-around-hyperlink-issue/#post-11194684)
 * Thank you!

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 * [angle brackets](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/angle-brackets/)

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 5 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [ralphw](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ralphw/)
 * Last activity: [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/angle-brackets-around-hyperlink-issue/#post-11194684)
 * Status: resolved

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