diff --git a/components/com_content/tmpl/category/blog.php b/components/com_content/tmpl/category/blog.php
index 0ad68f3a9d434..1126c79966dad 100644
--- a/components/com_content/tmpl/category/blog.php
+++ b/components/com_content/tmpl/category/blog.php
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
link_items)) : ?>
-
+
loadTemplate('links'); ?>
diff --git a/components/com_content/tmpl/category/blog_links.php b/components/com_content/tmpl/category/blog_links.php
index 0960fc4b9363d..09edd4ccda8f2 100644
--- a/components/com_content/tmpl/category/blog_links.php
+++ b/components/com_content/tmpl/category/blog_links.php
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@
?>
-
- link_items as &$item) : ?>
- -
+
+ link_items as $item) : ?>
+ -
title; ?>
diff --git a/components/com_content/tmpl/featured/default.php b/components/com_content/tmpl/featured/default.php
index 370162b4d3b65..7e3f57822a09c 100644
--- a/components/com_content/tmpl/featured/default.php
+++ b/components/com_content/tmpl/featured/default.php
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
link_items)) : ?>
- loadTemplate('links'); ?>
+ loadTemplate('links'); ?>
diff --git a/components/com_content/tmpl/featured/default_links.php b/components/com_content/tmpl/featured/default_links.php
index 0cc97d118e33e..9c31cb5737c6d 100644
--- a/components/com_content/tmpl/featured/default_links.php
+++ b/components/com_content/tmpl/featured/default_links.php
@@ -13,11 +13,11 @@
use Joomla\Component\Content\Site\Helper\RouteHelper;
?>
-
-link_items as &$item) : ?>
- -
-
- title; ?>
-
-
+
+ link_items as $item) : ?>
+ -
+
+ title; ?>
+
+