Auto-inserted links overwrite existing links in posts
Automatically added links overwrite or split existing links in posts, and some links come out corrupted.
Tier II · Emerging Problems that are still building up.
3 public reports · first reported 20 April 2017 · last reported 15 September 2026
What's going wrong
Several site owners report that after activating Auto Affiliate Links, the plugin picked words inside links that already existed and replaced them, splitting anchor text or turning ordinary links into broken, unrecognisable URLs.
AI-assisted: written with the help of AI from the reports. The idea report has the full summary.
In the idea report
- The full summary.
- The products the 3 reports are about, and how many came each month.
- Related problems.
No business has been found with this problem yet, so the report has no contacts. All sales are final — no refunds. Pricing.