[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #60286: Unencrypted links get their "http://" stripped from href attribute

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#60286: Unencrypted links get their "http://" stripped from href attribute
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 Reporter:  vicobot       |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Editor        |     Version:  6.4.2
 Severity:  normal        |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                |     Focuses:
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Changes (by sabernhardt):

 * component:  General => Editor


Old description:

> When you enter a link that starts with "http://", WordPress will strip
> that, leaving you with an URL like "www.some-domain.com" in the href
> attribute. Links that start with "https://" do not show this behaviour.
>
> To reproduce:
> * Take a fresh WordPress install with the latest version (I downgraded
> one of my sites back to 6.0, and it still had the same problem; I did not
> test with a classic theme).
> * Create a post with a couple of internal and external links, some
> starting with http, some starting with https.
> * Publish and view the post.
> * Hover the mouse over the links and observe the links shown at the
> bottom of the browser window: https-links will look ok, links that you
> entered with http:// will have lost the scheme and the slashes, so that
> they start with the servername.
>
> Excpected output: Both http and https URLs in href attributes should be
> left intact and keep the specified scheme and the slashes.

New description:

 When you enter a link that starts with `http://`, WordPress will strip
 that, leaving you with an URL like `www.some-domain.com` in the `href`
 attribute. Links that start with `https://` do not show this behaviour.

 To reproduce:
 * Take a fresh WordPress install with the latest version (I downgraded one
 of my sites back to 6.0, and it still had the same problem; I did not test
 with a classic theme).
 * Create a post with a couple of internal and external links, some
 starting with http, some starting with https.
 * Publish and view the post.
 * Hover the mouse over the links and observe the links shown at the bottom
 of the browser window: https-links will look ok, links that you entered
 with `http://` will have lost the scheme and the slashes, so that they
 start with the servername.

 Expected output: Both `http` and `https` URLs in `href` attributes should
 be left intact and keep the specified scheme and the slashes.

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