URL type Profile field renders HTML

[topher1kenobe]

I have a profile field of the type URL and in the public profile it renders the HTML of the link, rather than the URL linked.

<a href="https://twitter.com/topher1kenobe/&quot; rel="nofollow">twitter.com/topher1kenobe</a>

[topher1kenobe]

Screenshot of erronious code.

[imath]

Hi @topher1kenobe

Thanks for your report and screenshot. I was able to reproduce the issue. It happens when you enable the Autolink feature.

This feature's goal is to add a link to search for the value of the profile field into the membres directory. I believe it doesn't make sense for this field to support this feature. Thanks to the improvements we've been making during the 8.0.0 release, we'll be able to remove the Autolink metabox to avoid confusion.

In the meantime, you can easily fix your issue making sure the Autolink feature is disabled for this field. See screenshot below:

[imath]

In 12878:

xProfile: remove the autolink feature support from the URL field type

Autolinking this field value to a members search is not suitable for this type of field as its goal is to direct the user to the link's location. To avoid admin users confusion, let's remove the Autolink metabox and this feature from the URL field type.

Props topher1kenobe

Fixes #8450