Inexplicable strikethrough of text

  • Took a look at this page for the first time in a couple weeks, it’s been in place for quite a while – there’s several ‘links’ and for some reason all the links now show the text ‘crossed out’ rather than underlined the way links usually look.
    I’ve tried editing it every way I can think of – edit the link – delete it and start over – delete it and paste in from a doc –
    When I remove the url, text only, the strikethrough goes away.
    It looks just fine in edit mode – no strikethrough. View or Preview, and the strikethrough comes back.
    And it’s been changing some of the fonts too, all by itself.
    And of course, the reason I’m looking at it is that I’m about to launch a promotion for traffic to this page.
    Not good.
    Any clues?

    ten minutes later:
    OK – madness – I just looked at it on my phone, not the laptop – and it’s FINE!!
    Tried my ‘backup laptop’ … all OK!
    ?!?!?!?

    • This topic was modified 8 months, 1 week ago by dukesharp.
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  • ten minutes later:
    OK – madness – I just looked at it on my phone, not the laptop – and it’s FINE!!
    Tried my ‘backup laptop’ … all OK!
    ?!?!?!?

    I’m still seeing most of the links on the page crossed out.

    But I can’t say if this is the problem you mentioned earlier, or if you’ve intentionally crossed out these links. Here’s a screenshot: of what I’m seeing (tested on multiple devices): https://s3.amazonaws.com/i.snag.gy/sSpTm8.jpg

    I’m seeing most of the links struck-out too: https://snipboard.io/wbgld4.jpg

    If I inspect one of those links, its class is broken_link: https://snipboard.io/moehYt.jpg

    Do you have the Broken Link Checker plugin installed? If so, have a read of this post, where the same issue was reported and resolved. You could also try disabling that plugin, clearing any caches, and then viewing the site through a browser with a private/clean session.

    Alor Web

    (@jerrymayalor555)

    Hi @dukesharp,

    Upon inspecting your website using browser developer tools, I have found what is causing the issue. It was a CSS style that was set to the link text “decoration: line-through”. To resolve this, I will provide you with some steps.

    • Go to your WordPress dashboard.
    • Navigate to Appearance > Customize.
    • Scroll down and find the option for Additional CSS.
    • Copy the CSS codes below.
    /* This option will move the line under the text */

.broken_link, a.broken_link {

? ? text-decoration: underline !important;

}
    • Paste the code inside the Addition CSS field.
    • Click Publish to apply the changes to the page.

    Please try the recommended solutions and let me know how it goes.

    Warm regards,

    Thread Starter dukesharp

    (@dukesharp)

    Hey George, Barnez, Jerry – thanks so much!
    I’m pretty inept with this sort of thing, thinking I’ll start with the broken link checker.
    And if that doesn’t do it I’ll see if I can do what Jerry suggested.
    Any way to know how this happened? Wasn’t that way last time I looked.
    DS

    The line through the links is a CSS style to change the appearance. It’s either a setting that has been accidentally toggled on, or a bug in the plugin.

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