Title: Encodes link wrong
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Encodes link wrong

 *  [polyfade](https://wordpress.org/support/users/polyfade/)
 * (@polyfade)
 * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/encodes-link-wrong/)
 * Links are turned into this: `<a href="http://mysite.com/download/2015/06/document.
   pdf" class="">Download</a>`
 * It should be the `wp-content/uploads` directory, but instead it’s translating
   the link wrong, into an imaginary `download` directory.
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## Tags

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 * Last reply from: [polyfade](https://wordpress.org/support/users/polyfade/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/encodes-link-wrong/)
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