# Users cannot change the color of links (with BBCode) anymore

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/users-cannot-change-the-color-of-links-with-bbcode-anymore/203894>\
**Category:** Bug\
**Created:** [September 18, 2021, 11:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/users-cannot-change-the-color-of-links-with-bbcode-anymore/203894 "2021-09-18T11:22:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![eisprinzessin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/eisprinzessin/32/234408_2.png) [@eisprinzessin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eisprinzessin)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2021, 12:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/users-cannot-change-the-color-of-links-with-bbcode-anymore/203894/4 "2021-09-18T12:51:26Z")

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> [@pfaffman](#):
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> Maybe you want [Discourse BBCode color](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-bbcode-color/65363)?

That is what we have been using. IIRC it has been list in the plugins list since we switched to Discourse.

> [@merefield](#):
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> This issue is the anchor, remove it and the colour works fine

But I want the link and the custom color.

> [@merefield](#):
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> Otherwise the anchor formatting takes precedence.

It used to work before. Was that not intended?

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