javascript - WP post contains only a url, how to turn it into a link? -

so using 1 of them cool new wp templates come editor , (enfold, project).

i use built-in enfold (avia layout builder) components list blog posts in area on site. these posts contain url, want accomplish keep using built-in components listing posts (links) once user clicks 1 of post titles, should taken url of post body instead of page displaying url in plain text.

i using setup in order users able create these posts wordpress "publish emailing" feature, otherwise have used link plug-in instead.

speaking of that, sick of updating 1 million plugins time, don't want bloat wp install plugin purpose, , don't want pay writing such plugin well. , in experience wp plugins have been major security risk well. none of that.

my solution hijack link clicks in list. created 2 arrays containing post titles , corresponding urls.

i started adding script block right before tag (in header.php):

<script> //newsredirecter news_redirector_title = new array(); news_redirector_content = new array();  <?php  global $post; $tmp_post = $post;  $recent = new wp_query("cat=34&showposts=3"); while($recent->have_posts()) : $recent->the_post();         echo("             news_redirector_content.push('".get_the_content()."');             news_redirector_title.push('".get_the_title()."');             "); endwhile;  $post = $tmp_post; ?> 

the line

$recent = new wp_query("cat=34&showposts=3"); 

tells wp pull out posts of category 34, , pull out 3 of them.

in enfold, can add id section, did. called section containing blog posts "newsreplacer", , code below hijacked link clicks within section , redirected them using data in arrays above.

$( document ).ready( function(){      //click event edit buttons     $("#newsreplacer").on('click', 'a', function(event) {         url = $(this).attr('href');         current_title = $(this).html();         //console.log('original link to: ' + url);         console.log('clicked link title: '+current_title);          (i = 0; < news_redirector_title.length; i++) {              if (news_redirector_title[i] == current_title) {                 event.preventdefault();                 window.location.href = news_redirector_content[i];             }         }      });  } ) </script> 

worth noting - had other normal blog posts listed in same seciton, , didn't want them hijacked. fine, since last for-loop looks in array title identical title of clicked link.