Title: URL Conversion Issues
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# URL Conversion Issues

 *  Resolved [collinruud](https://wordpress.org/support/users/collinruud/)
 * (@collinruud)
 * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/url-conversion-issues/)
 * Hi there,
 * Just wanted to bring an issue I’ve experienced to light, in case there’s a fix
   that can be done software-side.
 * In Zotero, I typically just copy and paste URLs once I upload a file. This effectively
   puts “%20” in place of spaces, and adds other URL codes for other symbols.
 * However, when syncing with Zotpress, the parser appears to read “%20” and change
   the “%” to “%%” thinking that I wanted a percentage symbol, and the “20” was 
   part of the URL.
 * It’s more of an annoyance than anything else. I’m going into our 300+ publications
   and changing all the instances of %20 to regular spaces, but was curious as to
   whether this is something the Zotpress parser could read and either leave it 
   alone or convert to a space. Something like a URL converter-then-unconverter 
   approach, to ensure that type of issue doesn’t come up.
 * Thanks!
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/zotpress/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/zotpress/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Katie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kseaborn/)
 * (@kseaborn)
 * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/url-conversion-issues/#post-3571884)
 * I’ve added the decode-encode functionality in 5.0.7 — check it out!
 *  [cerambler](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cerambler/)
 * (@cerambler)
 * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/url-conversion-issues/#post-3571885)
 * I have another URL conversion issue with ? in URLs. A space is being added after
   the ? which breaks the URL. An example is:
 * [http://australianceramics.com/home/index.php?option=com_sobi2&letter=C&Itemid=106](http://australianceramics.com/home/index.php?option=com_sobi2&letter=C&Itemid=106)
 *  Plugin Author [Katie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kseaborn/)
 * (@kseaborn)
 * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/url-conversion-issues/#post-3571984)
 * That URL seems to work for me (I don’t see a space, either). Please let me know
   if you’re still experiencing the problem.

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 * Last reply from: [Katie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kseaborn/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/url-conversion-issues/#post-3571984)
 * Status: resolved