Avoid using HTML tags in translation strings (wp-admin/includes/meta-boxes.php)

[ramiy]

See the attached patch.

[ramiy]

few more translation strings

[ramiy]

Old string:

• Excerpts are optional hand-crafted summaries of your content that can be used in your theme. <a href="https://codex.wordpress.org/Excerpt" target="_blank">Learn more about manual excerpts.</a>

New strings:

• Excerpts are optional hand-crafted summaries of your content that can be used in your theme.
• https://codex.wordpress.org/Excerpt
• Learn more about manual excerpts.

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Old string:

• Trackbacks are a way to notify legacy blog systems that you&#8217;ve linked to them. If you link other WordPress sites, they&#8217;ll be notified automatically using <a href="https://codex.wordpress.org/Introduction_to_Blogging#Managing_Comments" target="_blank">pingbacks</a>, no other action necessary.

New strings:

• Trackbacks are a way to notify legacy blog systems that you&#8217;ve linked to them. If you link other WordPress sites, they&#8217;ll be notified automatically using <a href="%s" target="_blank">pingbacks</a>, no other action necessary.
• https://codex.wordpress.org/Introduction_to_Blogging#Managing_Comments

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Old string:

• Custom fields can be used to add extra metadata to a post that you can <a href="https://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Custom_Fields" target="_blank">use in your theme</a>.

New strings:

• Custom fields can be used to add extra metadata to a post that you can <a href="%s" target="_blank">use in your theme</a>.
• https://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Custom_Fields

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Old string:

• Allow <a href="%s" target="_blank">trackbacks and pingbacks</a> on this page.

New strings:

• Allow %s on this page.
• trackbacks and pingbacks

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Old string:

• If the link is to a person, you can specify your relationship with them using the above form. If you would like to learn more about the idea check out <a href="http://gmpg.org/xfn/">XFN</a>.

New strings:

• If the link is to a person, you can specify your relationship with them using the above form. If you would like to learn more about the idea check out %s.

[ramiy]

You don't have to accept all the changes... and It would be better if you do a separate commit for each string. This way It won't be all-or-nothing package deal.

[ocean90]

I really don't think that any of them are worth to change. But if we really want to change something then I'd only split the codex links in the following three strings:

Excerpts are optional hand-crafted summaries of your content that can be used in your theme. <a href="​https://codex.wordpress.org/Excerpt" target="_blank">Learn more about manual excerpts.</a>

Excerpts are optional hand-crafted summaries of your content that can be used in your theme. <a href="%s" target="_blank">Learn more about manual excerpts.</a>'

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Trackbacks are a way to notify legacy blog systems that you&#8217;ve linked to them. If you link other WordPress sites, they&#8217;ll be notified automatically using <a href="​https://codex.wordpress.org/Introduction_to_Blogging#Managing_Comments" target="_blank">pingbacks</a>, no other action necessary.

Trackbacks are a way to notify legacy blog systems that you&#8217;ve linked to them. If you link other WordPress sites, they&#8217;ll be notified automatically using <a href="%s" target="_blank">pingbacks</a>, no other action necessary.

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Custom fields can be used to add extra metadata to a post that you can <a href="​https://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Custom_Fields" target="_blank">use in your theme</a>.

Custom fields can be used to add extra metadata to a post that you can <a href="%s" target="_blank">use in your theme</a>.

[ramiy]

only the codex links...

[ramiy]

Replying to ocean90:

if we really want to change something then I'd only split the codex links

Done in the 3rd patch. Replacing the codex links with %s placeholder.

[ocean90]

In 37016:

I18N: Move translatable Codex URLs to separate strings in wp-admin/includes/meta-boxes.php.

Props ramiy.
Fixes #35751.