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I understand when using certain WP functions like site_url(); you should escape these with the esc_html(); function in the following manner:

<?php esc_html(site_url()) ?>

My question is, if I have inputted the site url manually in a template file such as front-page.php like this:

<a href="//mysite.com">My Site</a>

Do I still need to use the esc_html() function? It doesn't mention anything about this use-case in the docs. And if so how do I go about this?

Many thanks

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    esc_html() wouldn't be the correct function for links. You'd use esc_url(), but you don't need to for hard-coded links. Commented Jan 5, 2018 at 5:54

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Nope, you don't need to escape hard-coded URLs.

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    A note on why you don't need to escape hardcoded static strings would be great :)
    – Tom J Nowell
    Commented Jan 4, 2018 at 23:27
  • But you would need to escape links which are not hardcoded, but populated from backend via an admin?
    – D. Dan
    Commented Jan 5, 2018 at 12:42

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