Title: underscore in CSS class
Last modified: December 15, 2025

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# underscore in CSS class

 *  Resolved [nikocarone](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nikocarone/)
 * (@nikocarone)
 * [5 months, 2 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/underscore-in-css-class/)
 * Hello,
 * I am trying to assign a aria-label attribute trough CSS class name in the “ARIA”
   section. The class name contains underscores, but the input field seems not to
   support this type of character, sice after i type the class name and save the
   underscores disappear.
 * Unfortunately I can’t change the class names since I am using a theme.
 * Please help!
   Thank you very much!

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 *  Plugin Author [Quicksnail Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/quicksnail/)
 * (@quicksnail)
 * [5 months, 1 week ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/underscore-in-css-class/#post-18757715)
 * Hi,
 * Thanks for pointing out that issue – I have updated the plugin to version 1.5.10
   which now fixes this.
 * Let me know if that works.
 * Thanks
 *  Plugin Author [Quicksnail Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/quicksnail/)
 * (@quicksnail)
 * [3 months, 4 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/underscore-in-css-class/#post-18802103)
 * Marking this as resolved.

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