Title: RSS1 and RSS2 encoding problem
Last modified: February 7, 2017

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# RSS1 and RSS2 encoding problem

 *  [mrsmitherz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mrsmitherz/)
 * (@mrsmitherz)
 * [21 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss1-and-rss2-encoding-problem/)
 * Hi there,
    I’ve noticed a funny way that WP is working with HTML entities, which
   is cuasing a problem with RSS1 syndication. In short, when a user post an entry
   all regular quotes (“) are converted to smart quotes (the curly ones) and then
   converted to their HTML entity equivalent, e.g. “ or ”. However, in the RSS1 
   feed, the quotes ARE converted to the smart version, but they ARE NOT encoded
   as their HTML entity equivalent. Where we’re using zFeeder to pull the RSS1 onto
   the site’s main page, these smart characters are showing up as question marks
   and other funny characters. Any help appreciated! Phillip.

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 *  [robgreeley](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robgreeley/)
 * (@robgreeley)
 * [21 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss1-and-rss2-encoding-problem/#post-95878)
 * Same issue here – sorry, no solution yet.
 *  [robgreeley](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robgreeley/)
 * (@robgreeley)
 * [21 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss1-and-rss2-encoding-problem/#post-95880)
 * I have now spent a significant amount of time troubleshooting this, and am stumped.
   
   There seems to be a second discussion on this topic here: [http://wordpress.org/support/3/12659](http://wordpress.org/support/3/12659)
   It suggests a hack / work around , but I have not yet gotten it to work for me.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 2 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [robgreeley](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robgreeley/)
 * Last activity: [21 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss1-and-rss2-encoding-problem/#post-95880)
 * Status: not resolved

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