Steven Zahm@ shanna
I installed Advanced Ads and added a new Rich Content ad and saved it multiple time with and without making edits with both style of quotes and they were never escaped.
I see that Advanced Ads is basically just a custom post type (CPT). Connections does not really interact with post content at any level. There is of course the shortcode interaction where the directory is embedded. There is also a bit of code that runs on the [connections] shortcode only which works to correct common errors … but does not do any escaping. So I am not sure how Connections could be the cause of the conflict? HOw did you identify Connections? Your testing procedure. Did you deactivate all plugins except Connections and Advanced Ads to to if the issue persisted? If it did, did you also test using one of WP core 201x themes (to eliminate the theme as the source)?
It possible I’m am not replicating the issue correct or looking at the correct place to even see it if it is a conflict with Connections. Could you give me the exact steps to reproduce and where the escaped quotes present themselves?