{"id":9728,"date":"2021-04-19T17:10:56","date_gmt":"2021-04-19T21:10:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/local.brightwhiz\/?p=9728"},"modified":"2021-12-07T16:32:40","modified_gmt":"2021-12-07T21:32:40","slug":"wordpress-to-automatically-disable-google-floc-on-websites-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/local.brightwhiz\/wordpress-to-automatically-disable-google-floc-on-websites-2\/","title":{"rendered":"WordPress to Automatically Disable Google FLoC on Websites"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>WordPress announced that they may automatically block Google&#8217;s new FLoC tracking technology as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eff.org\/deeplinks\/2021\/03\/googles-floc-terrible-idea\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a security concern for its users<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/local.brightwhiz\/tag\/wordpress\">WordPress<\/a> stated that they will be treating Google FLoC tracking like a <a href=\"http:\/\/local.brightwhiz\/tag\/security\">security <\/a>concern. This means in future releases of WordPress this issue will be addressed with a patch in the next minor release rather than waiting for a major release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is also the option to back-port the patch to previous versions of WordPress. The next version of WordPress 5.8 is scheduled for July 2021 while FLoC will likely be rolling out this month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/2021\/04\/18\/proposal-treat-floc-as-a-security-concern\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">stated<\/a>, WordPress powers approximately 41% of the web \u2013 and this community can help combat racism, sexism, anti-LGBTQ+ discrimination, and discrimination against those with mental illness with four lines of code:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-prismatic-blocks\"><code class=\"language-php\">function disable_floc($headers) {\n    $headers[&#039;Permissions-Policy&#039;] = &#039;interest-cohort=()&#039;;\n    return $headers;\n  }\n \nadd_filter(&#039;wp_headers&#039;, &#039;disable_floc&#039;);<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If admins want FloC they are likely to have the technical know-how to simply override the above proposed filter in Core.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When balancing the stakeholder interests, the needs of website administrators who are not even aware that this is something that they need to mitigate \u2013 and the interests of the users and visitors to those sites, is simply more compelling. <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/2021\/04\/18\/proposal-treat-floc-as-a-security-concern\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">As stated in this statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WordPress announced that they may automatically block Google&#8217;s new FLoC tracking technology as a security concern for its users. 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