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    `esc_url()` is also filterable via the `clean_url` hook. :)<br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 9/12/2013 2:56 PM, Kirk Wight wrote:<br>
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      <div dir="ltr">Note that get_home_url() (which is used by
        home_url()) is filterable, so technically we have no idea what's
        going to come through; using esc_url(), even if not required,
        will always be a good idea.</div>
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        <div class="gmail_quote">On 12 September 2013 15:30, Zulfikar
          Nore <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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              <div dir="ltr">Thanks for the clarification Chip - Noted
                :)<br>
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                  <hr>Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2013 14:32:55 -0400<br>
                  From: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                    href="mailto:chip@chipbennett.net" target="_blank">chip@chipbennett.net</a><br>
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                  Subject: Re: [theme-reviewers] home_url('/') VS
                  esc_url(home_url('/')) Clarification
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                      <div dir="ltr">I would consider it as
                        *recommended*, since home_url() isn't explicitly
                        user-configurable. At the very least, if it's
                        considered as *required*, then it is minor
                        enough to leave until the next revision.</div>
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                        <div>On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 2:30 PM, Zulfikar
                          Nore <span dir="ltr"><<a
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                              <div dir="ltr">As this page: <a
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href="http://make.wordpress.org/themes/guidelines/guidelines-theme-security-and-privacy/"
                                  target="_blank">http://make.wordpress.org/themes/guidelines/guidelines-theme-security-and-privacy/</a> has
                                since changed I thought I'd ask just to
                                be clear I understand the requirements.
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                                <div>Is esc_url for home_url a
                                  requirement or recommended? This
                                  page: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                                    href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Data_Validation"
                                    style="font-size:12pt"
                                    target="_blank">http://codex.wordpress.org/Data_Validation</a> does
                                  not state explicitly that it is a
                                  requirement.</div>
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                                <div>So if its a requirement - is it a
                                  must fix requirement or can it be a
                                  fix in next revision requirement?</div>
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                                <div>Thanks in advance,</div>
                                <div>Zulf</div>
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