Title: Extern link opens with wrong url Last modified: August 21, 2016 --- # Extern link opens with wrong url * Resolved [DCWebsoft](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dcwebsoft/) * (@dcwebsoft) * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/extern-link-opens-with-wrong-url/) * He all, * I am trying to link a emailadress in my text but when i insert the link it goes like this: [http://www.mywebsite.com/info@emailadress.nl](http://www.mywebsite.com/info@emailadress.nl) * how can i link it as a email link and not opens in a window with the site url before it. I already using the Simple Mail Address Encoder but that does not work to. Hope someone can help me with this. * Greats, Dennis Viewing 2 replies - 1 through 2 (of 2 total) * [Borko](https://wordpress.org/support/users/media-x/) * (@media-x) * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/extern-link-opens-with-wrong-url/#post-3724159) * Try: `Someone's email` * Thread Starter [DCWebsoft](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dcwebsoft/) * (@dcwebsoft) * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/extern-link-opens-with-wrong-url/#post-3724166) * Thanks for quick response. I insert mailto; instead of mailto: so that was the problem. Thanks ! Viewing 2 replies - 1 through 2 (of 2 total) The topic ‘Extern link opens with wrong url’ is closed to new replies. ## Tags * [email link](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/email-link/) * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 2 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [DCWebsoft](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dcwebsoft/) * Last activity: [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/extern-link-opens-with-wrong-url/#post-3724166) * Status: resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics