Does WordPress have a “Find & Replace” tool?

  • Djard

    (@djard)


    9 years, 1 month ago

    I created content in MS-Word 2007 that I pasted into a WordPress blog page, but each arrow pointer symbol therein appears as a cent symbol (¢).

    In Word, I typed “->” then used the Find & Replace feature to replace the pointer with an arrowhead symbol in Wingdings font (Special -> Clipboard Contents).

    Is there a way in WordPress to find all the “¢” symbols and replace them with an arrowhead, like the one in Wingdings?

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  • Moderator James Huff

    (@macmanx)

    9 years, 1 month ago

    WordPress itself doesn’t have this built-in, but there are plenty of plugins that provide this functionality.

    I recommend https://ww.wp.xz.cn/plugins/better-search-replace/

    With that said, you’re running into this problem because Wingdings is actually an entirely separate font. The ¢ symbol is what the arrow is under the Wingdings font, which is why you’re seeing it as ¢ under any other font.

    In this case, to preserve compatibility without forcing viewers to use a separate font for just one character, I’d recommend replacing it with > or -> or a small image.

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