Gravatar verification bug – “It is not a valid URL” on self-hosted site

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    kozmali · Member ·

    Hi WordPress Support Team,

    I am trying to verify my self-hosted WordPress site on Gravatar via the Gutenberg block method, but I am completely stuck due to a frontend validation bug in your form.

    No matter what I type into the “WordPress URL” field, the form instantly triggers a red error: “It is not a valid URL.”

    Here is what I have already tried and checked:

    1. URL Variations: I tried every possible format: https://www.kozmali.sk, https://kozmali.sk, https://www.kozmali.sk/gravatar/, https://kozmali.sk/gravatar etc. etc. etc. with and without trailing slashes, and with/without www. The error appears instantly before any network request is even made.
    2. Code Implementation: The Gutenberg social link block is correctly embedded and publicly visible on my site (e.g., on my homepage https://www.kozmali.sk under the “Podakovania” section, as well as on a dedicated test page https://www.kozmali.sk/gravatar/).
    3. Account Connections: My self-hosted site’s URL https://www.kozmali.sk/ is already correctly filled out in my WordPress.com public profile settings under “Public web address”.
    4. Troubleshooting: I tried clearing my browser cache, testing it on both mobile and desktop (Chrome/Vivaldi), and even checked the Inspect Element console. The <input> field lacks a proper type="url" attribute, and your internal JS regex is completely blocking my domain string for some reason.

    I found a similar unresolved forum thread where other users faced the exact same issue: https://wordpress.com/forums/topic/cant-verify-my-wordpress-url-with-gravatar/ but the lady didn’t write there how she solved it..

    Since the block is live on my website and the form validation script is broken on your end, could you please look into this bug or manually verify the connection for my domain (kozmali.sk) on the backend? Now the html on this site: https://www.kozmali.sk/gravatar/

    Thank you for your help.

    Best regards
    Dominik Kozmáli

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