Title: Remove http:// Last modified: August 30, 2016 --- # Remove http:// * [James Spencer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/js-enigma/) * (@js-enigma) * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-http/) * Hi Tijmen, * I have added the URL to the store listings and info window through a filter however the web address always shows http:// when the data doesn’t have this. * Is it possible to remove this using str_replace perhaps? I have tried this but I can’t get it to remove this for the onscreen view. * Do you have any thoughts at all? * Thanks James * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-store-locator/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-store-locator/) Viewing 9 replies - 1 through 9 (of 9 total) * Plugin Author [Tijmen Smit](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tijmensmit/) * (@tijmensmit) * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-http/#post-6782966) * I tested it, and the same thing happens with me. But I can’t find anything in the code that adds the [http://](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-http/?output_format=md), I would almost start to think that the browser adds the http:// to the url. * What’s the url of your site? * Thread Starter [James Spencer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/js-enigma/) * (@js-enigma) * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-http/#post-6782987) * I have not quite got it live as yet. * Within the filter I put this into a new variable like this `$new_url = str_replace(' http://', '', '<%= url %>');` * Then called this like so `$info_window_template .= "\t\t" . '' . $new_url . '' . "\r\n";` * I have tried a few different options to accomplish this including str_replace above and ltrim, both pass the url and show the web address but continue to tag the protocol first. This is fine to actually have as a link but not keen on on showing this on the the front end in this case. * Could I add the url to the filter for store_meta? If so I am assuming i can add to this? * ``` add_filter( 'wpsl_store_meta', 'custom_store_meta', 10, 2 ); function custom_store_meta( $store_meta, $store_id ) { $terms = wp_get_post_terms( $store_id, 'wpsl_store_category' ); if ( count( $terms ) > 1 ) { $location_terms = array(); foreach ( $terms as $term ) { $location_terms[] = $term->name; } $store_meta['terms'] = implode( ', ', $location_terms ); } else if ( !empty( $terms ) ) { $store_meta['terms'] = $terms[0]->name; } return $store_meta; } ``` * Any help would be appreciated. * Thanks James * Plugin Author [Tijmen Smit](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tijmensmit/) * (@tijmensmit) * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-http/#post-6783065) * Have you checked the data that is returned with the Ajax request in something like firebug, or another browser console, and checked if it contains the http:// as well? * If the Ajax response doesn’t contain it, then it has to be the browser that adds the http:// automatically to the url. * I also just search the wpsl-gmap.js for [http://](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-http/?output_format=md), but the only results are comments. * Thread Starter [James Spencer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/js-enigma/) * (@js-enigma) * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-http/#post-6783066) * Hi Tijmen, * I don’t have firebug installed at the moment but I have looked in firefox developer edition. Hoping I am looking in the correct area but I went into Network > Response and where url is returned all the url’s have http:// prior to the actual web address. * I am assuming this is therefore returned through the ajax? * Can you suggest anything I can do to help this? * Thanks for all your help. James * Plugin Author [Tijmen Smit](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tijmensmit/) * (@tijmensmit) * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-http/#post-6783067) * Ah, I know what happens now. Urls are going through [https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/esc_url](https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/esc_url), and that page says “If the URL appears to be an absolute link that does not contain a scheme, prepends [http://.”](http://.”); * In that case, you can use the wpsl_store_meta filter to loop through the collected store data, look for the ‘url’ field and remove the http:// again. * Thread Starter [James Spencer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/js-enigma/) * (@js-enigma) * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-http/#post-6783068) * Hi Tijmen, * Glad to see I was on the right lines but I am unsure how to add this to the code for the meta_filter I posted before. * Can you point me in the right direction at all please? * Thanks again James * Thread Starter [James Spencer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/js-enigma/) * (@js-enigma) * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-http/#post-6783069) * Hi Tijmen, * All sorted now thanks i have had to do the following and would be interested to know if there is a better way to accomplish this. * Inside the store_meta_filter `$store_meta['url'] = str_replace("http://", "", $store_meta['url']);` * Then inside the custom_listing_template `$new_url = str_replace("http://", ""," <%= url %>");` * Plus this to display `$listing_template .= "\t\t\t\t" . '' . $new_url . '' . "\r\n";` * This now shows the web address without the http:// protocol and also maintains the correct link when a user clicks. * Thanks again James * Plugin Author [Tijmen Smit](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tijmensmit/) * (@tijmensmit) * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-http/#post-6783070) * This code should work, but when I tested it the url without the http:// didn’t work anymore ( at least on my local installation ). So maybe you just need to keep it. * ``` foreach ( $store_meta as $k => $meta ) { if ( $k == 'url' ) { $store_meta[$k] = str_replace( 'http://', '', $meta ); } } ``` * Thread Starter [James Spencer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/js-enigma/) * (@js-enigma) * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-http/#post-6783071) * HI Tijmen, * Thanks for the code although for now I will stick with the code I have for now as this seems to work for me at least. * Thanks again. 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