Title: Multiple Custom Fields Causing Issues
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Multiple Custom Fields Causing Issues

 *  [Hyper123](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hyper123/)
 * (@hyper123)
 * [18 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-custom-fields-causing-issues/)
 * When I add 2 custom fields with the same keys to a post it messes up all links
   in my post. It looks like it runs HTMLentities on the post. Even when i go into
   to try to edit them out they still remain. Is there someway around this?

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 *  Thread Starter [Hyper123](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hyper123/)
 * (@hyper123)
 * [18 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-custom-fields-causing-issues/#post-739934)
 * No ideas?
 *  [thefikus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thefikus/)
 * (@thefikus)
 * [18 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-custom-fields-causing-issues/#post-739935)
 * I’m pretty sure each custom field requires it’s own unique key.
 *  [TrishaM](https://wordpress.org/support/users/trisham/)
 * (@trisham)
 * [18 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-custom-fields-causing-issues/#post-739937)
 * You can have multiple values for the same key as long as they are entered separately
   as individual custom fields.
    Example: key=”currently_reading”, value=”harry 
   potter” key=”currently_reading”, value=”lemony snicket”
 * Could you be more specific when you say “messes up all links”? Can you post a
   link to your site so we can see how they are messed up? Also, when you say you“
   edit them out” are you referring to the links in your post, or the custom fields?
   Are you entering the links using the Visual editor or the Code editor? A little
   more info will help people to help you…
 *  Thread Starter [Hyper123](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hyper123/)
 * (@hyper123)
 * [18 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-custom-fields-causing-issues/#post-739944)
 * [http://sidestreammedia.net/minimal-perfection/minimal-perfection-24-im-gonna-go-smash-my-head-into-the-wall-a-few-times/](http://sidestreammedia.net/minimal-perfection/minimal-perfection-24-im-gonna-go-smash-my-head-into-the-wall-a-few-times/)
   Is one of the messed up posts while [http://minimalperfection.com/post/minimal-perfection-24-im-gonna-go-smash-my-head-into-the-wall-a-few-times](http://minimalperfection.com/post/minimal-perfection-24-im-gonna-go-smash-my-head-into-the-wall-a-few-times)
   is what all the links looked like. I did try to edit the links out both with 
   the WYSIWYG and the HTML editor along with trying to remove the custom fields
   and it still won’t go back. It’s 2 custom field entries both with the key of 
   author and 2 different values.
 *  [thefikus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thefikus/)
 * (@thefikus)
 * [18 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-custom-fields-causing-issues/#post-739946)
 * I stand corrected.
 *  Thread Starter [Hyper123](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hyper123/)
 * (@hyper123)
 * [18 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-custom-fields-causing-issues/#post-740018)
 * Still no ideas?

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 * Last reply from: [Hyper123](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hyper123/)
 * Last activity: [18 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-custom-fields-causing-issues/#post-740018)
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