[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #56362: Remove Link/Bookmark API form Core: Phase 2

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#56362: Remove Link/Bookmark API form Core: Phase 2
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 Reporter:  desrosj      |       Owner:  desrosj
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  assigned
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  6.1
Component:  General      |     Version:
 Severity:  normal       |  Resolution:
 Keywords:               |     Focuses:
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Comment (by jrf):

 > Sites have had 10 years to activate this plugin if they truly want this
 functionality. It's safe to say the overwhelming majority of sites that
 want this feature have this plugin active.

 To be honest, it's the first I've ever heard of the plugin and for "old"
 sites which were using the functionality when the API was deprecated, the
 option was turned back on automatically, so they never had the need to
 install the plugin.

 I don't remember ever seeing a notice about turning on the plugin in the
 dashboard either, so I suspect there are a lot more sites out there which
 still use the API and have no clue that they were expected to turn on a
 plugin.

 As site-owners often skip a number of WP releases when updating, I think
 only allowing one major with the dashboard notice is cutting things a
 little too fine.

 That is, of course, unless the dashboard notification telling people to
 turn on the plugin is backported all the way back to WP 3.7.

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