I didn’t know this was an actual problem until I read the advice on WPBeginner.com. Apparently, some WordPress themes can break when Skype changes a phone number into a number you can dial with Skype. The fix is a simple one liner that you add to the HEAD section of the theme. Personally, I don’t use Skype to call out and change my options to prevent the over riding phone numbers in the first place.
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Chip,
I actually thought about creating a simple plugin and submit it to the repository… But most theme devs would like to have the snippet rather than activating a snippet.
But I will submit this as a plugin to the repository now…
Update: Here is the plugin:
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/prevent-skype-overwriting/
Forget the plugin. Here is a simple snippet you can add to your CSS file.
span.skype_pnh_container {
display:none !important;
}
span.skype_pnh_print_container {
display:inline !important;
}
That’s it. No hacks, tricks, plugins, addons, or anything else.
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I would say that this is a perfect example of an opportunity to follow Otto’s example of putting code in a site-specific Plugin.
I created a Gist for the very simple Plugin drop-in code:
<?php /** * Stop Skype from hijacking phone numbers * * Adds a META tag to the HTML document head, that * prevents Skype from hijacking/over-writing phone * numbers displayed in the Theme. */ function mysite_skype_meta() { ?> <meta name="SKYPE_TOOLBAR" content="SKYPE_TOOLBAR_PARSER_COMPATIBLE" /> <?php } add_action( 'wp_head', 'mysite_skype_meta' ); ?>