Title: WordPress changes my inserted URL
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# WordPress changes my inserted URL

 *  Resolved [lizdav](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lizdav/)
 * (@lizdav)
 * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-changes-my-inserted-url/)
 * My site is [http://www.affiliate-stores.co.uk/](http://www.affiliate-stores.co.uk/).
 * My problem is that I want to insert additional URLs in the header area, but when
   I do it like this [http://www.affiliate-stores.co.uk/forum](http://www.affiliate-stores.co.uk/forum),
   then WP strips off the rest of the URL path to dispaly only the domain root.
 * If I enter it as a sub-domain, e.g. [http://forum.affiliate-stores.co.uk](http://forum.affiliate-stores.co.uk)
   then it is left alone.
 * The interesting piece is that when I added my forum, I encountered the same issue
   in the forum software (phpBB3) … so this may not be directly a WP issue, but 
   I am stumped as to a solution.
 * At the time of writing tou will see the bold FORUM link in the header … it was
   entered in header.php as
 * `<a href="http://www.affiliate-stores.co.uk"/forum>Forum</a>`
 * but as you see it is stripped back to root.
 * Any ideas anyone?

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 *  [iridiax](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iridiax/)
 * (@iridiax)
 * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-changes-my-inserted-url/#post-964356)
 * `<a href="http://www.affiliate-stores.co.uk"/forum>Forum</a>`
 * Your above link code is not correct. The double quotes need to go around the 
   entire URL:
 * `<a href="http://www.affiliate-stores.co.uk/forum">Forum</a>`
 *  Thread Starter [lizdav](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lizdav/)
 * (@lizdav)
 * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-changes-my-inserted-url/#post-964386)
 * Jeez ….
 * Thanks for pointing out what should have been obvious to me … I type < a href…
   daily and I didn’t spot it.
 * Cheers

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [lizdav](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lizdav/)
 * Last activity: [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-changes-my-inserted-url/#post-964386)
 * Status: resolved

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