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Remove Special Characters From Permalinks

Removes special characters from permalinks

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Tested up to WordPress 7.1
Current version1.1.2
WordPress coverageTested up to WordPress 7.1
Minimum stackWP 4.4 · PHP 5.6.0
Directory statusactive
Last directory update30 Sept 20261mo ago
Active installations70Adoption metric — not a quality score
WordPress.org rating5.0 / 5 from 3 ratings
Official packageDirect from WordPress.org

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WP PlugIndex currently records Remove Special Characters From Permalinks version 1.1.2 as active, updated 1mo ago and tested up to WordPress 7.1.

Overview

About this plugin

If you are using pretty permalinks, you may have noticed WordPress sanitizes it removing accents and some special characters.

However some of these characters are not sanitized by default, meaning they can be added to some of your post URLs, like a trademark symbol(®), a copyright symbol(©) or even a UTF-8 symbol like ⛓.

Although it may not hurt you at first, it may let users confused and it can cause some problems when interacting with some third party API that is not prepared to read such characters.

This plugin Removes special characters from permalinks when the post is created or updated.

How to use it?

All you have to do is saving/updating your post and you will notice special characters will be swiped out from the permalink.

Pro Version

Enjoying the free version of this plugin?

We have a Pro version that allows removing characters from all permalinks of your site with just one click, including posts, pages and custom post types.

We also offer support if you have some sort of problem.

Update to PRO for a better plugin and helping maintaining the development of this plugin

WordPress.org metadata

Plugin tags

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

  • characters
  • permalink
  • remove
  • special
Compatibility & maintenance

Compatibility & maintenance

Tested with WP 7.1

Marked as tested with the current WordPress 7.1 release.

Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to7.1
Minimum requirementsWordPress 4.4 · PHP 5.6.0
Update activity30 Sept 20261mo ago

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