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A uniform resource locator, abbreviated URL, also known as web address, is a specific character string that constitutes a reference to a resource.

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Why is WordPress saving full-urls to the database?

I guess the right answer is: there is no technical reason for this. It's pure legacy. It once was like this, then they had to preserve retro-compatibility, they found no other way (maybe didn't even r …
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