Preview fails when URL in block

Hi @simonhayward,
Thanks for bringing that up.

The preview of the URL field looked good in my local with WP 5.4.2 and 5.5:
https://cldup.com/B4HAqdvt0u.gif

Could you please fill out a bug report?
https://github.com/getblocklab/block-lab/issues/new?template=bug_report.md

More details would help to reproduce this.

Thanks, Simon!

• This reply was modified 4 years, 7 months ago by Ryan Kienstra.
• This reply was modified 4 years, 7 months ago by Ryan Kienstra.

Thanks for quick response. Did wait for 5.5 in case that made any difference but unfortunately not. Bug report submitted.

Thanks for opening the bug report: https://github.com/getblocklab/block-lab/issues/683

If it’s alright, I’ll close this support topic and we’ll continue the conversation there.

i just wanted to report the resolution (workaround) I found with Ryan’s help in case anyone else hits the same issue.
The problem is caused by Mod Security running on an apache server which doesn’t allow JSON blocks include HTTP in response (presumably to avoid some types on insertion attacks). It might be possible to change the Mod Security rules if your host allows that but I doubt it would be good practice. For me it just worked to omit the HTTP prefix in the URL and allow the browser to interpret the address when someone clicks the link.