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Tuesday, March 31, 2015

"http:" stripped out of the images link on RSS Feeds

Issue:
 "http:" is being stripped out of the images link URL on RSS Feeds

This issue was taking place because 'HTTPS Protocol Rewriting' was turned on in the CloudFlare settings. ​ ​

Protocol Rewriting in this context convert links within your WordPress site to images, stylesheets, and scripts from using either "http://" or "https://" to using just "//". This rewrite tells your browser to load all of these assets using the same protocol as the base page loaded. ​

By default, this option is enabled and for the majority of users there are no negative effects. ​However when outputting an RSS feed this rewriting breaks the absolute URL by stripping out the "http:" part and therefore prevents the images from being fetched. ​ ​

 Solution:
Disable HTTPS Protocol Rewriting in the settings for CloudFlare on the admin side of WordPress:

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