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Opened 6 weeks ago
Last modified 5 days ago
#65417 new defect (bug)
Bug: Classic Editor link dialog prepends http:// to URLs with uppercase protocol
| Reported by: | nimeshatxecurify | Owned by: | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Priority: | normal | Milestone: | 7.1 |
| Component: | Editor | Version: | |
| Severity: | normal | Keywords: | has-patch has-unit-tests |
| Cc: | Focuses: | javascript |
Description (last modified by )
Steps to Reproduce
- Go to
http://localhost:8889/wp-admin - Create or edit a post/page
- Switch to the Classic Editor (Visual tab)
- Select some text (e.g. "click here") OR place the cursor in the editor
- Click the Insert/Edit Link button (chain icon in the toolbar)
- In the URL field, type:
HTTPS://example.com(uppercase protocol — common on mobile keyboards with auto-capitalization) - Click outside the URL field / press Tab (triggers the blur event →
correctURLruns)
Expected: URL remains HTTPS://example.com (or is normalized to https://example.com)
Actual: URL becomes http://HTTPS://example.com — a completely broken double-protocol URL
Attachments (3)
Change History (16)
This ticket was mentioned in PR #12103 on WordPress/wordpress-develop by @nimeshatxecurify.
6 weeks ago
#1
- Keywords has-patch has-unit-tests added
This ticket was mentioned in Slack in #core by nimeshatxecurify. View the logs.
6 weeks ago
This ticket was mentioned in Slack in #core by abdullahramzan. View the logs.
6 weeks ago
#7
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6 weeks ago
Test Report
Patch tested: https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/pull/12103
Environment
- WordPress: 7.1-alpha-20260605.071112
- Subdirectory: No
- PHP: 8.3.31
- Server: PHP.wasm
- Database: WP_SQLite_Driver (Server: 8.0.38 / Client: 3.51.0)
- Browser: Chrome 148.0.0.0
- OS: Windows 10/11
- Theme: Twenty Twenty-Five 1.5
- MU Plugins: None activated
- Plugins:
- Classic Editor 1.7.0
- Test Reports 1.3.0
Steps taken
- ✅ Patch is solving the problem
Expected result
- After applying the patch, the issue with Classic Editor link dialog prepends http:// to URLs with uppercase protocol has been resolved.
Screenshots/Screencast with results
#8
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5 weeks ago
Tested patch. Uppercase protocol issue is fixed.
Typed HTTPS://example.com in the URL field, and after blur/Tab it correctly remains as uppercase (or normalizes to lowercase) instead of prepending http://.
No double-protocol URLs. Works as expected.
#9
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5 weeks ago
- Milestone Awaiting Review → 7.1
Confirmed in 6.9 as well. Moving to 7.1 for consideration.
#10
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5 weeks ago
Test Report
Patch tested: https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/pull/12103
Environment
- WordPress: 7.1-alpha-20260605.071112
- Subdirectory: No
- PHP: 8.3.31
- Database: WP_SQLite_Driver
- Browser: Chrome
- OS: Windows 11
- Theme: Twenty Twenty-Five
- MU Plugins: None activated
- Plugins:
- Classic Editor 1.7.0
- Test Reports 1.3.0
Steps taken
- Applied the patch from the PR.
- Tested the Classic Editor link dialog with URLs containing uppercase protocol values.
Result
- Patch successfully resolves the reported issue.
- URLs with uppercase protocols no longer get incorrectly modified by prepending
http://.
Expected result
The Classic Editor link dialog should preserve the original URL protocol format without adding an unwanted http:// prefix.
#11
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2 weeks ago
I tested this issue in WordPress Playground with the Classic Editor plugin enabled. Following the reported reproduction steps, I entered an uppercase protocol (HTTPS://seorepairkit.com) in the link URL field and triggered the blur event by moving focus away from the input. The URL was handled correctly and was not modified to http://HTTPS://seorepairkit.com. I also verified that repeatedly opening and interacting with the link did not result in an additional http:// prefix being added. The protocol was preserved (or normalized to lowercase) without creating a duplicate protocol.
#13
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5 days ago
Tested using the WordPress Playground instance linked from the GitHub PR.
Environment
- WordPress Playground (PR preview)
- Browser: Firefox
- OS: macOS
Tested
- HTTPS://bestwebsite.com
- HTTP://bestwebsite.com
- Https://bestwebsite.com
- https://bestwebsite.com
- http://bestwebsite.com
- ftp://example.com
- /about
- #section1
Confirmed uppercase and mixed-case URL schemes are preserved correctly and http:// is no longer prepended. Existing lowercase protocols, relative URLs, and fragment links also continue to behave as expected. I also verified the links after saving the post, reloading the editor, and editing the links again.
Patch tested successfully.
Updates the regex used in the link dialog to support schemes with uppercase letters. This prevents the editor from prepending
http://to URLs likeHTTPS://orHttp://, which are commonly produced by mobile keyboards.Includes new QUnit tests to verify correct handling of uppercase, mixed-case, fragment, and root-relative URLs.
Trac ticket: https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/65417
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