Title: W3C Markup Validation
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# W3C Markup Validation

 *  Resolved [hnortham](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hnortham/)
 * (@hnortham)
 * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/w3c-markup-validation/)
 * Hi Paul,
 * When validating pages containing affiliate links with [http://validator.w3.org/](http://validator.w3.org/).
 * We get a series of following errors:
 * Line 97, Column 155: **& did not start a character reference. (& probably should
   have been escaped as &.)**
    …azon.com/gp/product/B004OVDGVQ?ie=UTF8&linkCode=
   as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&ta…
 * Having a look online it appears that the urls generated by the plugin should 
   contain: `& amp;` instead of the `&` sign.
 * Something for a future update??
 * See here: [http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4441594/w3c-markup-validator-ampersand-error](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4441594/w3c-markup-validator-ampersand-error)
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/amazon-link/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/amazon-link/)

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 *  Plugin Author [paulstuttard](https://wordpress.org/support/users/paulstuttard/)
 * (@paulstuttard)
 * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/w3c-markup-validation/#post-4906230)
 * Hi,
 * Yes you are correct (well spotted!), a fix will be in the next version.
 * If you want a quick fix in the meantime then see this post:
 * [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-does-not-escape-instances-of?replies=3#post-5528507](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-does-not-escape-instances-of?replies=3#post-5528507)
 * Cheers,
 * Paul
 *  Thread Starter [hnortham](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hnortham/)
 * (@hnortham)
 * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/w3c-markup-validation/#post-4906235)
 * Thanks Paul,
 * I should have read the other topics first.
 * Further great support, there’s no stopping you.
 * Where do we send the beer money?
 * Cheers,
    Harry
 *  Plugin Author [paulstuttard](https://wordpress.org/support/users/paulstuttard/)
 * (@paulstuttard)
 * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/w3c-markup-validation/#post-4906262)
 * No worries, there’s a lot of threads!
 * Beer money always appreciated, but not necessary. A donate button can be found
   on the plugin home page which is here: [http://www.houseindorset.co.uk/plugins/amazon-link/](http://www.houseindorset.co.uk/plugins/amazon-link/)
 * Paul
 *  Plugin Author [paulstuttard](https://wordpress.org/support/users/paulstuttard/)
 * (@paulstuttard)
 * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/w3c-markup-validation/#post-4906290)
 * The latest version (3.2.2) – has got the fix for this,
 * Cheers,
    Paul

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 * Last activity: [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/w3c-markup-validation/#post-4906290)
 * Status: resolved