links not landing on correct page

That link is completely malformed!
<a href="<a href=&quot;https://a7568ernah5kq5-cx-n59i4odd.hop.clickbank.net/&quot; target=&quot;_top&quot;>Click Here!</a>" target="_blank">test micro link here</a>

It should be:

<a href="https://a7568ernah5kq5-cx-n59i4odd.hop.clickbank.net" target="_blank">test micro link here</a>

I think you need to re-examine the way in which you are adding links to your post contents.

Please tell me the correct way to add a link to post contents.

I am typing the link words in the post, highlighting them, clicking the “link icon” above the post, then clicking “new window”.

It’s what you’re pasting in the link url window that’s the problem. Try just typing in the bare url – such as https://a7568ernah5kq5-cx-n59i4odd.hop.clickbank.net