Title: Source Code Has Something Strange
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Source Code Has Something Strange

 *  Resolved [Rita33](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rita33/)
 * (@rita33)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/source-code-has-something-strange/)
 * I have started having some trouble with the preview of my links on Facebook and
   Hootsuite. I thought it was a Hootsuite problem but they said it was not that
   there was something in my source code:
    ” there is a character within your page
   source code ” -�” (in case this does not appear within your email properly, the
   character looks like a black diamond with a white question mark within it). The
   HootSuite thumbnail scraper appears to be unable to process this particular character
   and is copying all the source code that follows it.”
 * The only thing I have changed recently was adding a plugin which I deleted but
   there is still an issue. When I put a link on Facebook this is what the preview
   looks like, instead of the text:
 * -�\u00ad\u0600-\u0604\u070f\u17b4\u17b5\u200c-\u200f\u2028-\u202f\u2060-\u206f\
   ufeff\ufff0-\uffff]/g,gap,indent,meta={“\b”:”\b”,” “:”\t”,” “:”\n”,””:”\f”,” “:”\
   r”,'”‘:’\”‘,”\”:”\\”},rep;typeof JSON.stringify!=”function”&&(JSON.stringify=
   function(e,t,n){var r;gap=””,indent=””;if(typeof n==”number”)f…
 * Does anyone have any idea where I would find this code and how to fix the problem.
   I have already searched my theme files and can’t locate it. My site [http://ritareview.net](http://ritareview.net)
   
   Thanks.

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 *  [TheDev](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thedev/)
 * (@thedev)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/source-code-has-something-strange/#post-3148886)
 * The plugin’s the issue. I can’t tell you exactly what it says, but the plugin
   you’re using is outdated (from what I can tell) or possibly conflicting with 
   another facebook plugin. I’d recommend using the official Facebook plugin.
 * Also if you can’t see any plugins it would (obviously) conflict with and the 
   plugin claims to work with your version of WordPress you should contact the plugin
   Developer.
 *  [simbeckhampson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/simbeckhampson/)
 * (@simbeckhampson)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/source-code-has-something-strange/#post-3148969)
 * I also have this issue since a few days.
 * I’ve searched the code on Google and get pages of posts with the same error –
   some from Facebook, some not.
 * [@the](https://wordpress.org/support/users/the/) Dev. “The plugin’s the issue”
   < Which Plugin? Are you saying that it is a sharing plugin that is corrupting
   the code? I am using “Twitter Facebook Social Share” – I just tried disabling
   it and manually posted to FB and the same issue occurred.
 * [@rita33](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rita33/) I also had problems with
   Hootsuite – had to manually edit the snippet (as I’ve been doing with FB – I’ve
   seen FB pages with each post corrupt as they are autofeeding content in). On 
   Google Plus it takes the categories listed at the top of the page as the snippet(
   for some strange reason – but that’s another story!)
 * I have the following social plugins installed, but all of these are NOT currently
   activated…
 * Social Share Buttons
    Social Share Slick Social Share Buttons Easy Facebook Like
   Button Facebook Subscriber Widget My Twitter Widget New Twitter Button Really
   Simple Twitter Feed Widget Rimons Twitter Widget Show Twitter Followers Twitter
   for WordPress Twitterify Twitter Tools Twitter Widget Twitter Widget Pro WP Twitter
   Sidebar Tweetbox
 * These plugins are active
 * Twitter Facebook Social Share
    Advanced Twitter Profile Widget Social Login –
   not sharing but logging in… Slideshare Embeds
 * It’s odd because if I post to LinkedIn or G+ the error does not occur – it is
   only happening on Facebook. I’m wondering if the above list may match to other
   plugins people are using and getting the error.
 * I guess it’s also time to remove the plugins that are not active – could they
   still cause a conflict when they are deactivated or even lag? In any case I copied
   the list to a Google Doc and will begin removing them.
 * Be nice to solve this mystery.
 *  [simbeckhampson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/simbeckhampson/)
 * (@simbeckhampson)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/source-code-has-something-strange/#post-3148970)
 * Update – I just deleted all (107) not activated plugins – and still the issue
   is occurring… investigating further…

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