[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #32864: Press This: Set explicit user agent

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#32864: Press This: Set explicit user agent
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 Reporter:  kraftbj       |      Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)  |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Press This    |    Version:  4.2
 Severity:  normal        |   Keywords:
  Focuses:                |
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 WordPress sends a generic "WordPress/$ver" string as the user agent for
 HTTP requests.

 When the bookmarklet is used, Press This does not display the URL entry
 form, so if a parent site is blocking the generic UA string (pingback
 spam, etc), then PT will load with no content and not a way to attempt
 another site.

 To help users and other entities monitor, filter, etc traffic from PT, a
 more specific UA needs to be set.

 Marking as a bug as it causes PT to be unusable on certain sites (e.g.
 Medium.com)

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/32864>
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