ctrl v issue in 4.2.1

  • I upgraded to wp 4.2.1 and now when i select text and past in a url it automatically makes it a hyperlink using the selected text. I can see how this is useful for most but since the text I’m highlighting is just a placeholder I need for it to replace that text with raw url text. Is there somewhere I can turn this feature off or change some code to disable it?

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  • Moderator James Huff

    (@macmanx)

    No, that’s a new core feature of 4.2, so you’d have to write a plugin to disable it if you wanted to.

    Since that’s a bit much, I recommend just adapting your workflow. Delete the placeholder, then paste the link.

    Thread Starter chaos_cb7

    (@chaos_cb7)

    unfortunately its not that simple. I’m pasting in a large group of links and now even if I delete the place holder something has been changed so that it makes everything one long line instead of multiple lines. the script I have running doesn’t know what to do with that so i have to past in each link one at a time. that gets old fast. I wanted to upgrade wp not downgrade.

    old way
https://google.com
https://yahoo.com
https://youtube.com
    new stupid way
https://google.comhttps://yahoo.comhttps://youtube.com
    Moderator James Huff

    (@macmanx)

    You did upgrade, it’s just that a feature has been improved for the majority of users, and you have a very special unique case.

    You’ll probably have to adjust your script to adapt to WordPress.

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