This checks to make sure $link isn't empty before attempting to manipulate it. A simple test to demonstrate this can be seen at https://3v4l.org/PgSZg. Unit tests for both what already works and what is fixed by this change. Props hellofromTonya, dd32, peterwilsoncc. Fixes #53278. Built from https://develop.svn.wordpress.org/trunk@51107 git-svn-id: http://core.svn.wordpress.org/trunk@50716 1a063a9b-81f0-0310-95a4-ce76da25c4cd