Title: wordpress converting special characters and causing errors at source
Last modified: October 1, 2025

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# wordpress converting special characters and causing errors at source

 *  Resolved [BingoPajama](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bingopajama/)
 * (@bingopajama)
 * [8 months, 1 week ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-converting-special-characters-and-causing-errors-at-source/)
 * HI there, the plugin is great and works as expected, however, when it generates
   a request, WordPress turns the ‘&’ symbol into ‘%5Cu0026’ which is causing errors
   at the source. Any idea how to stop WordPress doing this? Thanks for your help!
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fwordpress-converting-special-characters-and-causing-errors-at-source%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Plugin Author [berkux](https://wordpress.org/support/users/berkux/)
 * (@berkux)
 * [8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-converting-special-characters-and-causing-errors-at-source/#post-18668721)
 * Hi [@bingopajama](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bingopajama/),
   does Version
   2.0.6 change something? There was an “&”-issue fixed. In which way do you use
   the plugin?Thanks a lot,Bernhard
 *  Thread Starter [BingoPajama](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bingopajama/)
 * (@bingopajama)
 * [8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-converting-special-characters-and-causing-errors-at-source/#post-18669159)
 * I don’t have access to the JSON source – that’s with the client – so I’ve messaged
   them and they’ll tell me if they’re getting errors still. I’ll let you know as
   soon as I know!
 * Thankyou for the help and thankyou for the plugin
 *  Thread Starter [BingoPajama](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bingopajama/)
 * (@bingopajama)
 * [8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-converting-special-characters-and-causing-errors-at-source/#post-18669379)
 * This is fixed now – the version update cleared the errors 🙂
 * Thankyou!

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