[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #47703: RSS Widget cannot download https URLs

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#47703: RSS Widget cannot download https URLs
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 Reporter:  slyall        |      Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect (bug)  |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Widgets       |    Version:  trunk
 Severity:  normal        |   Keywords:
  Focuses:                |
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 The RSS Widget downloads RSS feeds to display a summary on a wordpress
 site.

 It is currently limited to downloading http URLs. It will not work with
 https URLs or http URLs that redirect to https.

 As websites increasing become https-only the widget works with fewer of
 them.

 For example the 3 sample feeds (wordpress.com, nytimes.com and amazon.com)
 on the documentation page:

 https://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/rss-widget/

 now all redirect to https and do not work.

 The lack of https support is documented on the widgets page:

 "Feed URLs that start with “https://” will not work on our RSS Widget."

 but this was less of a problem in the past.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/47703>
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