Title: Special Characters in CSV Causing Errors
Last modified: September 1, 2016

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# Special Characters in CSV Causing Errors

 *  Resolved [chrismaklary](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chrismaklary/)
 * (@chrismaklary)
 * [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/special-characters-in-csv-causing-errors/)
 * When uploading products via a CSV file a number unknown issues arise when a cell
   contains various special characters.
 * In particular I have noticed when an attribute contains “&” it uploads correctly
   on the back-end but the front-end no longer publishes any filters for any product
   from that cell onwards.
 * Please advise on the rules around the use of Special Characters in the CSV upload
   file.
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 * [csv](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/csv/)
 * [special-characters](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/special-characters/)
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 * Last reply from: [chrismaklary](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chrismaklary/)
 * Last activity: [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/special-characters-in-csv-causing-errors/)
 * Status: resolved