[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #57107: No-op `MagpieRSS`

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#57107: No-op `MagpieRSS`
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 Reporter:  desrosj       |      Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect (bug)  |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Feeds         |    Version:
 Severity:  normal        |   Keywords:  2nd-opinion
  Focuses:                |
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 MagpieRSS is an XML-based RSS parser built in the days of PHP 4.x.

 MagpieRSS has been deprecated in WordPress since version 3.0 was released
 in 2010. The library itself has not been updated since 2004 and is
 abandoned.

 Since then the library has continued to be included with WordPress to
 avoid breaking any sites that may have been using it. It has been deemed
 an "adopted" external library, but only the following very minor updates
 have been made:
 - inline documentation.
 - changes to avoid fatal PHP errors in modern versions of PHP.
 - changes to avoid deprecated notices/other warnings in modern versions of
 PHP.

 Looking at the plugin directory, there is
 [https://wpdirectory.net/search/01GHVBFXQJA6M0VH9FVT4HHF1S almost no
 meaningful usage of the class]. 90-95% of the matches are false positives
 related to identifying when a crawler is accessing pages/feeds.

 Enough time has passed since deprecating this class where no-opping can be
 considered to avoid continuing to ship code that no one is using.

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