Title: Data Validation
Author: Samuel Sidler
Published: October 19, 2014
Last modified: December 5, 2022

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# Data Validation

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This content has been moved to the [Data Validation page](https://developer.wordpress.org/apis/security/data-validation/)
in the Common APIs Handbook.

First published

October 19, 2014

Last updated

December 5, 2022

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