Title: &#8220;href=&#8221;//&#8221; in html
Last modified: February 10, 2021

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# “href=”//” in html

 *  [peteruithoven2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/peteruithoven2/)
 * (@peteruithoven2)
 * [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/href-in-html/)
 * We’ve created a staging site using siteground, but we’re running in the issue
   that anonymous users get html with paths that start with `//` instead of `https://`.
 * Disabling Swift performance cache makes no difference, but completely disabling
   Swift performance makes the issue disappear.
 * Below is our head, after removing things like inline styles, scripts and meta
   tags. As you can see there are also valid urls in there.
 *     ```
        html
       <head>
         <link rel="profile" href="http://gmpg.org/xfn/11" />
         <link rel="canonical" href="https://www.staging42.metabolic.nl/" />
         <script
           async=""
           src="//www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id=GTM-NNRXF92"
         ></script>
         <!-- / Yoast SEO plugin. -->
         <link rel="dns-prefetch" href="//mlombw7jtauz.i.optimole.com" />
         <link rel="preconnect" href="https://mlombw7jtauz.i.optimole.com" />
         <link
           rel="alternate"
           type="application/rss+xml"
           title="Metabolic » Feed"
           href="https://www.staging42.metabolic.nl/feed/"
         />
         <link
           rel="alternate"
           type="application/rss+xml"
           title="Metabolic » Comments Feed"
           href="https://www.staging42.metabolic.nl/comments/feed/"
         />
         <link rel="dns-prefetch" href="//mlombw7jtauz.i.optimole.com" />
         <link rel="dns-prefetch" href="//www.googletagmanager.com" />
         <link rel="dns-prefetch" href="//fonts.gstatic.com" />
         <link rel="dns-prefetch" href="//www.metabolic.nl" />
         <link
           rel="prefetch"
           href="//www.staging42.metabolic.nl/wp-content/cache/swift-performance/www.staging42.metabolic.nl/js/ff2aee6e9aa1d2bb8ecfc0227d554135.js"
           as="script"
           crossorigin=""
         />
         <link
           rel="https://api.w.org/"
           href="https://www.staging42.metabolic.nl/wp-json/"
         />
         <link
           rel="alternate"
           type="application/json"
           href="https://www.staging42.metabolic.nl/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/55150"
         />
         <link
           rel="EditURI"
           type="application/rsd+xml"
           title="RSD"
           href="https://www.staging42.metabolic.nl/xmlrpc.php?rsd"
         />
         <link
           rel="wlwmanifest"
           type="application/wlwmanifest+xml"
           href="https://www.staging42.metabolic.nl/wp-includes/wlwmanifest.xml"
         />
         <meta name="generator" content="WordPress 5.6" />
         <link rel="shortlink" href="https://www.staging42.metabolic.nl/" />
         <link
           rel="alternate"
           type="application/json+oembed"
           href="https://www.staging42.metabolic.nl/wp-json/oembed/1.0/embed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.staging42.metabolic.nl%2F"
         />
         <link
           rel="alternate"
           type="text/xml+oembed"
           href="https://www.staging42.metabolic.nl/wp-json/oembed/1.0/embed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.staging42.metabolic.nl%2F&format=xml"
         />
         <!-- Generated with Outfunnel Web Tracking plugin v1.4.4 -->
         <!-- / Outfunnel Web Tracking plugin -->
         <!-- Google Tag Manager for WordPress by gtm4wp.com -->
         <!-- End Google Tag Manager -->
         <!-- End Google Tag Manager for WordPress by gtm4wp.com -->
         <meta name="generator" content="Optimole 2.5.7" />
         <link
           rel="icon"
           href="https://mlombw7jtauz.i.optimole.com/2UhhG5g.pfNR~ed4b/w:32/h:32/q:100/https://www.staging42.metabolic.nl/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/cropped-Metabolic-Logo-Red-HR.png"
           sizes="32x32"
         />
         <link
           rel="icon"
           href="https://mlombw7jtauz.i.optimole.com/2UhhG5g.pfNR~ed4b/w:192/h:192/q:100/https://www.staging42.metabolic.nl/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/cropped-Metabolic-Logo-Red-HR.png"
           sizes="192x192"
         />
         <link
           rel="apple-touch-icon"
           href="https://mlombw7jtauz.i.optimole.com/2UhhG5g.pfNR~ed4b/w:180/h:180/q:100/https://www.staging42.metabolic.nl/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/cropped-Metabolic-Logo-Red-HR.png"
         />
         <meta
           name="msapplication-TileImage"
           content="https://mlombw7jtauz.i.optimole.com/2UhhG5g.pfNR~ed4b/w:270/h:270/q:100/https://www.staging42.metabolic.nl/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/cropped-Metabolic-Logo-Red-HR.png"
         />
         <script src="https://cdn.outfunnel.com/c.js?v=2021-02-10"></script>
         <script
           async=""
           src="https://d5jmkjjpb7yfg.cloudfront.net/v2/latest/optimole_lib_no_poly.min.js"
         ></script>
       </head>
       ```
   

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 * Last reply from: [peteruithoven2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/peteruithoven2/)
 * Last activity: [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/href-in-html/)
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