This has happened time and time again on multiple sites. When it happens, it forces me to start with a fresh install of WordPress to get around it.
The most recent example is on the WP Forms Lite plugin:
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On the plugin, I enable recaptcha, and then instead of pointing to Google for the javascript file:
.js
It points to my local site:
/recaptcha/api.js
This has happened to me on multiple WordPress installs, I feel like on every plugin that requires an external javascript file. For example, on a WooCommerce plugin site, I enabled Stripe payments, and instead of referencing:
.js
The site will reference:
/checkout.js
WordPress will randomly remove all javascript URL references to external sites.
Is there a manual way to fix this? If I deactivate all plugins, delete them, then install the plugin, activate, it does not fix the issue. I have to completely delete WordPress on my server and reinstall to fix.