Title: Pointless Updates
Last modified: March 16, 2020

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# Pointless Updates

 *  [Parks Industries LLC](https://wordpress.org/support/users/parksindustriesllc/)
 * (@parksindustriesllc)
 * [6 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pointless-updates/)
 * Everytime there is an update, I have to update the plugin and then quickly go
   to the plugins settings to change the character encoding to UTF-8, otherwise 
   the plugin will not show up on my page. It’s a little pointless how updating 
   the plugin causes more problems then just leaving the plugin as is.

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 *  Plugin Author [codepeople](https://wordpress.org/support/users/codepeople/)
 * (@codepeople)
 * [6 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pointless-updates/#post-12548473)
 * Hello [@parksindustriesllc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/parksindustriesllc/)
 * If this is happening on your website the issue is not caused by our plugin. The
   plugin uses the database encoding configured on your WordPress. So, I recommend
   you to check the constants: “DB_CHARSET” and “DB_COLLATE” in the wp-config.php
   file of your website.
 * Best regards.
 *  Thread Starter [Parks Industries LLC](https://wordpress.org/support/users/parksindustriesllc/)
 * (@parksindustriesllc)
 * [6 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pointless-updates/#post-12548489)
 * I can try your suggestion, however, logically, if your plugin’s update only has
   this type of effect on your plugin, then how is WordPress the issue and not your
   plugin? Once the update is completed, the only thing on my website that does 
   not work is, once again, your plugin.
    -  This reply was modified 6 years, 2 months ago by [Parks Industries LLC](https://wordpress.org/support/users/parksindustriesllc/).
 *  Plugin Author [codepeople](https://wordpress.org/support/users/codepeople/)
 * (@codepeople)
 * [6 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pointless-updates/#post-12548653)
 * Hello [@parksindustriesllc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/parksindustriesllc/)
 * Once the plugin is updated, it calls the WordPress function “dbDelta” ([https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/dbdelta/](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/dbdelta/)).
   So, if exists any modifications in the database, it would be fixed, but if there
   are no changes, the database’s tables won’t be touched. If the constant on your
   config file do not match with the charset and collate of the table, the dbDelta
   would apply these ones, for these reason, it is very important the constant in
   your file reflect the encoding required by your data.
 * Best regards.
 *  Thread Starter [Parks Industries LLC](https://wordpress.org/support/users/parksindustriesllc/)
 * (@parksindustriesllc)
 * [6 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pointless-updates/#post-12548841)
 * [@codepeople](https://wordpress.org/support/users/codepeople/),
 * I found the Database Charset where it says (‘DB_CHARSET’, ‘utf8’), which I’m 
   assuming is why I have to constantly change my character encoding to UTF-8. How
   would I go about correcting this to where I don’t have to constantly change the
   character encoding every time that I have to update your plugin?
 *  Plugin Author [codepeople](https://wordpress.org/support/users/codepeople/)
 * (@codepeople)
 * [6 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pointless-updates/#post-12549438)
 * Hello [@parksindustriesllc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/parksindustriesllc/)
 * The following chartset supports more characters than utf8:
 *     ```
       define('DB_CHARSET', 'utf8mb4');
       ```
   
 * However, I recommend that you test it on the development website first, and if
   all goes well, apply the modification to the production website.
 * Best regards.

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