Encoded apostrophe is converted to %27 - Stack Overflow 10 so the apostrophes are replaced by %27 and I can't access the link %27 is the correct, up-to-date way to include ' in a URI-encoded string (the query string in a URL is URI-encoded) If you're having trouble with it server-side, it sounds like you're not URI-decoding properly That's what you need to fix Your field is just fine if you URI