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@johnwinch42 –

‘fix’ isn’t the right word, as it’s not really broken – in general, WordPress blog post text is left as the original author intended it to be written (with the exception of some meddling by Matt mullenweg).

If you want to modify your blog posts to convert @pseudo references into clickable links, you can probably do it by filtering the blog content when it is saved.

BuddyPress uses the function bp_activity_at_name_filter() to create those links. Take a look at it (it’s defined in bp-activity-filters.php) and see if you can adapt / use it for the filters on blog content saves.

i *think* the filter to hook on is content_save_pre as the bp atname filter already hooks on comments -> `add_filter( ‘pre_comment_content’, ‘bp_activity_at_name_filter’ );`

If you are adding your own filters you can add them either in your theme’s function.php file or in bp-custom.php in your plugins folder.

This article introduces you to the concept of filters in WordPress (albeit from a plugin perspective): https://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API#Filters

To find the hook in question (content_save_pre), I suggest using your file editor and searching the files in your WordPress install. Also have a Google, and you’ll find some information: e.g. http://adambrown.info/p/wp_hooks/hook/content_save_pre?version=1.5.2&file=xmlrpc.php

[Edit: Rich has already given you the line to add for the filter – try it in your functions.php]