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Random Redirect: Defer to core on WordPress.com Simple sites running 7.2
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Random Redirect: Suppress Phan deprecation warning in the handler test
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4 changes: 4 additions & 0 deletions projects/packages/jetpack-mu-wpcom/changelog/update-random-redirect-defer-to-core
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Significance: minor
Type: changed

Random Redirect: Defer to WordPress core's random content redirects on WordPress 7.2 and later.
4 changes: 4 additions & 0 deletions projects/packages/jetpack-mu-wpcom/src/class-jetpack-mu-wpcom.php
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Expand Up @@ -997,6 +997,10 @@ public static function load_custom_css() {
* Load the Random Redirect feature.
*/
public static function load_wpcom_random_redirect() {
// WordPress 7.2 handles random content redirects (/random/, ?random) in core; every 7.2 beta includes it.
if ( version_compare( $GLOBALS['wp_version'], '7.2-beta', '>=' ) ) {
return;
}
require_once __DIR__ . '/features/random-redirect/random-redirect.php';
}

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2 changes: 2 additions & 0 deletions projects/packages/jetpack-mu-wpcom/src/features/random-redirect/random-redirect.php
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/**
* Redirects to a random post on the site.
*
* @deprecated $$next-version$$ WordPress 7.2 and later handle random content redirects in core, and this loads only on older versions.
*/
function jetpack_matt_random_redirect() {
// Verify that the Random Redirect plugin this code is from is not active
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4 changes: 4 additions & 0 deletions projects/plugins/jetpack/changelog/update-random-redirect-defer-to-core
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Significance: minor
Type: compat

Random Redirect: Defer to WordPress core's random content redirects on WordPress 7.2 and later.
6 changes: 5 additions & 1 deletion projects/plugins/jetpack/modules/module-extras.php
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// Theme Tools.
'theme-tools.php',
'theme-tools/social-links.php',
'theme-tools/random-redirect.php',
'theme-tools/featured-content.php',
'theme-tools/responsive-videos.php',
'theme-tools/site-logo.php',
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'canonical-urls/canonical-urls-conflicts.php',
);

// WordPress 7.2 handles random content redirects (/random/, ?random) in core; every 7.2 beta includes it.
if ( version_compare( $GLOBALS['wp_version'], '7.2-beta', '<' ) ) {
$tools[] = 'theme-tools/random-redirect.php';
}

// Some features are only available when connected to WordPress.com.
$connected_tools = array(
'external-media/external-media.php',
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2 changes: 2 additions & 0 deletions projects/plugins/jetpack/modules/theme-tools/random-redirect.php
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if ( ! function_exists( 'jetpack_matt_random_redirect' ) ) {
/**
* Redirects to a random post on the site.
*
* @deprecated $$next-version$$ WordPress 7.2 and later handle random content redirects in core, and Jetpack loads this only on older versions.
*/
function jetpack_matt_random_redirect() {
/**
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1 change: 1 addition & 0 deletions projects/plugins/jetpack/tests/php/modules/theme-tools/Random_Redirect_Test.php
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Expand Up @@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ public function intercept_redirect( $location ) {
*/
protected function get_redirect_location() {
try {
// @phan-suppress-next-line PhanDeprecatedFunction -- Still the handler on WordPress before 7.2.
jetpack_matt_random_redirect();
} catch ( Exception $e ) {
return $e->getMessage();
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