[Steven Zahm]

@ Tim

I’ve fixed it.

These lines in class.entry.php

return $this->newsarchives;
return $this->additionalresearch;

need to be:
return $this->format->sanitizeString( $this->newsarchives, TRUE );
return $this->format->sanitizeString( $this->additionalresearch, TRUE );

Now, the remaining problem … all the links that were entered in these fields need fixed, manually.

The data is saved in the databased escaped on purpose for security puposes using the $wpdb->prepare() function. I created helper functions for the text fields that automatically strip slashes amoungst other processes.

Now, updating. That going to be problematic. You have two options that I see. Pull a copy of the updated Connections and have you dev migrate the changes. Or, update to the latest version, have the dev create the custom fields by using the supported functions/methods and then re-input the info. Neither seem like much fun!