[theme-reviewers] home_url('/') VS esc_url(home_url('/')) Clarification

[Kirk Wight]

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.


On 12 September 2013 15:30, Zulfikar Nore <zulfikarnore at live.com> wrote:

> Thanks for the clarification Chip - Noted :)
>
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> Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2013 14:32:55 -0400
> From: chip at chipbennett.net
> To: theme-reviewers at lists.wordpress.org
> Subject: Re: [theme-reviewers] home_url('/') VS esc_url(home_url('/'))
> Clarification
>
>
> 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.
>
>
> On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 2:30 PM, Zulfikar Nore <zulfikarnore at live.com>wrote:
>
> As this page:
> http://make.wordpress.org/themes/guidelines/guidelines-theme-security-and-privacy/ has
> since changed I thought I'd ask just to be clear I understand the
> requirements.
>
> Is esc_url for home_url a requirement or recommended? This page:
> http://codex.wordpress.org/Data_Validation does not state explicitly that
> it is a requirement.
>
> So if its a requirement - is it a must fix requirement or can it be a fix
> in next revision requirement?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Zulf
>
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