Title: HTML Codes in Posts
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# HTML Codes in Posts

 *  Resolved [frank tredici](https://wordpress.org/support/users/frank13/)
 * (@frank13)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/html-codes-in-posts-1/)
 * I am new to word press but I have a question.
 * Is it a good practice to use html codes for single-quotes, double-quotes, ampersands,
   etc. inside the post or simply use the actual keyboard characters?
 * I am curious how WordPress handles embedded html codes inside the posts during
   database upgrades and conversions.

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/html-codes-in-posts-1/#post-2016896)
 * Use the actual keyboard character. WP does the encoding conversion for you.
 *  Thread Starter [frank tredici](https://wordpress.org/support/users/frank13/)
 * (@frank13)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/html-codes-in-posts-1/#post-2016912)
 * Ok.
 * What happens if there are html codes that get pasted into a post? Do they create
   problems? Display in a weird way? Do you know how they convert if the database
   gets upgraded from one version to the next?
 * Thanks “esmi”.
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/html-codes-in-posts-1/#post-2016918)
 * Pre-encoded characters aren’t touched and are stored in the database “as is”.
   They shouldn’t be affected by any database upgrades.
 *  Thread Starter [frank tredici](https://wordpress.org/support/users/frank13/)
 * (@frank13)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/html-codes-in-posts-1/#post-2016927)
 * That’s good news…thanks

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