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Plugin Handbook contains outdated links #2510

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on Sep 15, 2026

All old codex links in plugin handbook need to be updated.

page link: https://developer.wordpress.org/plugins/plugin-basics/#wordpress-apis

Old links:

Options API -> https://codex.wordpress.org/Options_API
HTTP API -> https://codex.wordpress.org/HTTP_API
Plugin API -> https://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API

New Links:

Options API -> https://developer.wordpress.org/apis/options/
HTTP API -> https://developer.wordpress.org/plugins/http-api/
Plugin API -> https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/

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github-actions commented on Sep 15, 2026
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Heads up @WordPress/docs-issues-coordinators, we have a new issue open. Time to use 'em labels.
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Heads up - the "plugins" label was applied to this issue.
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