Title: Stop WordPress From Converting Punctuation ?
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Stop WordPress From Converting Punctuation ?

 *  [David Frank](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bitinn/)
 * (@bitinn)
 * [17 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/stop-wordpress-from-converting-punctuation/)
 * Hi everyone,
 * As a longtime wordpress user (around the 1.2 to 1.5 era), I have notice since
   ver2.0, wordpress has been trying to convert more and more Punctuations to its
   liking.
 * famous examples before 2.8 includes:
 * apostrophe mark ‘ => ‘
    double quotation mark ” => “ double dashes — => —
 * things got worse for title as all apostrophes are converted to ‘ , and all quotation
   marks are converted to ” . So they’re never closed!
 * With the new 2.8, even the single dash, or “hyphen-minus” as some would call,
   are converted into “en dash”. While they look exactly the same under certain 
   font (including monospace, which this forum use), converting **a Halfwidth character
   into a Fullwidth alternative without users’ consent** seems to be a bad idea.
 * this two characters are **different**, compare them in a notepad (with Arial 
   font etc.)
    – –
 * While I very much appreciate WP doing the dirty job for me, there are times, 
   or most of the time, I really want to stop wordpress from working so hard.
 * **So comes the questions**:
 * Is there a simple wordpress hook that I can remove to disable these sorts of 
   conversion ?
    Or do I have to re-filter everything to achieve what I desired ?
   Or is there an option I didn’t notice for two years ?
 * —
 * PS: I know out-in-the-wild punctuation lovers will disagree with me on this, 
   but let’s talk user freedom for once. Even panda doesn’t eat, shoot and leave,
   right ? 😉

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 *  Thread Starter [David Frank](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bitinn/)
 * (@bitinn)
 * [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/stop-wordpress-from-converting-punctuation/#post-1104810)
 * Ok, am I the only one who find this feature annoying ?
 *  [Rafa Poveda](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bi0xid/)
 * (@bi0xid)
 * [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/stop-wordpress-from-converting-punctuation/#post-1104813)
 * No, you’re not the only one.
 * Have you posted it in trac?
 *  [Trevor Powell](https://wordpress.org/support/users/trevorpowell/)
 * (@trevorpowell)
 * [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/stop-wordpress-from-converting-punctuation/#post-1104830)
 * I use a plugin called “wpuntexturize” to undo those.
 * [http://coffee2code.com/wp-plugins/wpuntexturize/](http://coffee2code.com/wp-plugins/wpuntexturize/)
 *  Thread Starter [David Frank](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bitinn/)
 * (@bitinn)
 * [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/stop-wordpress-from-converting-punctuation/#post-1104974)
 * [@trevorpowell](https://wordpress.org/support/users/trevorpowell/)
    i think its
   faq states very clear it could only restore quotations.
 * [@bi0xid](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bi0xid/)
    i should have, but feel
   i should ask before submitting a ticket.

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 * Last activity: [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/stop-wordpress-from-converting-punctuation/#post-1104974)
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