Title: WordPress Character Encoding Issue
Last modified: October 28, 2021

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# WordPress Character Encoding Issue

 *  [ankitkaulmachama](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ankitkaulmachama/)
 * (@ankitkaulmachama)
 * [4 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-character-encoding-issue/)
 * While writing a new blog post on my WordPress blog, I noticed that it is converting‘
   ✓’ (checkmark) to ‘?’ (question mark). I am using the classic editor (not the
   block one).
 * I tried to enter the ✓ character in multiple ways like using the ✓ HTML
   entity also but as soon as I moved to the visual tab on the editor the character
   changed back to ?.
 * Any help would be greatly appreciated.
    -  This topic was modified 4 years, 7 months ago by [Jan Dembowski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdembowski/).

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 *  [oiler](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eulerarthur/)
 * (@eulerarthur)
 * [4 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-character-encoding-issue/#post-15016313)
 * Hey there,
 * I can suggest a few things:
 * – try the HTML decimal: “&# 10003;” (or “&# 10004;”) – make sure to remove the
   blank spaces between # and number
 * – check with a different font
 * – test deactivate some plugins and change momentarily your theme to a default
   one, to verify possible conflict issues
    -  This reply was modified 4 years, 7 months ago by [oiler](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eulerarthur/).
    -  This reply was modified 4 years, 7 months ago by [oiler](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eulerarthur/).
 *  Thread Starter [ankitkaulmachama](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ankitkaulmachama/)
 * (@ankitkaulmachama)
 * [4 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-character-encoding-issue/#post-15019825)
 * Thanks for your suggestions and help I tried them all but the issue still persists:
 * – Both the codes “&# 10003;” (or “&# 10004;”) display a checkmark when typed 
   from the HTML view but when I save the post the checkmarks turn into question
   marks(?)
 * – I changed the font to system fonts like Ariel, Sans Serif but there was no 
   change.
 * – I deactivated all the plugins one by one, but the checkmark character still
   got converted into a question mark(?)

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [ankitkaulmachama](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ankitkaulmachama/)
 * Last activity: [4 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-character-encoding-issue/#post-15019825)
 * Status: not resolved

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