Is it possible to paste a link without tags and make it directly a link in a post?

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So for example: if I post http://testeteststetetst.com, it won’t make it a link if it’s a post. If it’s comment, it does make it a link… Now, I want it for posts too.. Is this possible, if so, how? Can someone help me with that please?

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  1. I use a similar method to the following in a plugin of mine:

    function wpse107488_urls_to_links( $string ) {
    /* make sure there is an http:// on all URLs */
    $string = preg_replace( "/([^w/])(www.[a-z0-9-]+.[a-z0-9-]+)/i", "$1http://$2", $string );
    /* create links */
    $string = preg_replace( "/([w]+://[w-?&;%#~=./@]+[w/])/i", "<a target="_blank" title="" . __( 'Visit Site', 'your-textdomain' ) . "" href="$1">$1</a>", $string);

    return $string;
}

    I don’t use it for post content, but it should work there.
    For that, you’d have to employ the the_content filter:

    add_filter( 'the_content', 'wpse107488_urls_to_links' );

    Sidenotes:
    This is untested.
    The regexes are fairly good, but they will fail in niche cases once in a while. Identifying a URL by format only, while avoiding false positives isn’t the simplest of things.

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