{"id":11248870,"date":"2019-02-27T14:48:15","date_gmt":"2019-02-27T14:48:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/?post_type=helphub_article&p=11248870"},"modified":"2023-01-12T21:26:58","modified_gmt":"2023-01-12T21:26:58","slug":"use-character-entities","status":"publish","type":"helphub_article","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/article\/use-character-entities\/","title":{"rendered":"Use character entities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
In many WordPress sites, you will see odd symbols that will pop up from time to time. Often these symbols appear in navigation links. For instance, look at the the double left angle quotes (\u00ab)<\/strong> and the double right angle quotes (\u00bb)<\/strong> in this example:<\/p>\n\n\n\n These symbols are called HTML<\/a> character entities<\/strong> or extended characters<\/strong>. They are generated by strange looking code on the web page that the web browser interprets as symbols.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The code that generated the above example looks like this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Some of the most popular HTML<\/a> character entities<\/em> are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00ab \u00ab Previous Post Title<\/a> | Next Post Title \u00bb \u00bb<\/a><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
<?php previous_post_link('« «\u00a0%', '', 'yes');\u00a0?>\n| <?php next_post_link('% » » ', '', 'yes');\u00a0?><\/pre>\n\n\n\n