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Hawaiian Characters

Adds the correct characters with diacriticals to the WordPress editor Special Characters feature for Hawaiian

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Tested up to WordPress 5.7
Current version2.0.1
WordPress coverageTested up to WordPress 5.7
Minimum stackWP 4.5 · PHP —
Directory statusactive
Last directory update3 Jun 20215y ago
Active installations30Adoption metric — not a quality score
WordPress.org ratingNo WordPress.org ratings yet
Official packageDirect from WordPress.org

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WP PlugIndex currently records Hawaiian Characters version 2.0.1 as active, updated 5y ago and tested up to WordPress 5.7.

Overview

About this plugin

0+ Block Editor Support, you must install this plugin AND Insert Special Characters plugin.

This plugin makes it possible to insert the Hawaiian kahakō diacritical characters into the WordPress editor using the standard “Character Map” feature.

Full list of characters added to the character map:

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Ā ā Ē ē Ī ī Ō ō Ū ū ʻ

Contribute on Github

Thanks to Kuaʻāina Ulu ʻAuamo for inspiring this plugin and reviewing it before launch.

Usage

0+):

  • Make sure you have installed both this plugin and Insert Special Characters installed.
  • Open the Special Characters tool
  • OPTION 1: Click the small downward pointing arrow in the formatting tool bar and select “Special Characters” (see second screenshot)
  • OPTION 2: Press CTRL + o (Windows) or CMD + o (Mac)
  • Select the character to insert from the popup window. The characters appear first in “Hawaiian” tab. (see third screenshot)

0) and Block Editor “Classic” block:

  • Click the Ω button in the bottom row of editor buttons.
  • Select the character to insert from the popup window. (Characters appear at end of map.)

Version Requirements

5 or higher.

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WordPress.org metadata

Plugin tags

Topics listed for this plugin in the WordPress.org directory.

  • character map
  • special characters
  • hawaiian
  • kahako
  • okina
Compatibility & maintenance

Compatibility & maintenance

Tested up to WordPress 5.7

Not yet marked as tested with WordPress 7.1. WordPress.org currently lists Tested up to 5.7.

Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to5.7
Minimum requirementsWordPress 4.5 · PHP not listed
Update activity3 Jun 20215y ago

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