[Plugin: Twitter Widget Pro] [GIFT] Improved #hashtags regex to match accentuated characters

Can you test this regex to see if it works as you expect:
‘/(^|\s)(#[\w\x{00C0}-\x{00D6}\x{00D8}-\x{00F6}\x{00F8}-\x{00FF}]*)/i’

It should still account for all the characters you added as well as a few more. Let me know how it works and I’ll try to incorporate it into the next version.

This new regex is in 2.4.0 … please download it and see how it works for you!

Hello,

Thank you Vivien, it works like a charm.

Aaron, same problem over here, with Spanish hashtags, I’m using the last version, 2.4.0, with the regex you had posted, and it doesn’t work either.

Thank you for such a great plugin.

Regards,

Can you link to some tweets that have characters that aren’t working?

Sure, ie:

https://twitter.com/trackglobalsolu/status/262521739664297986
https://twitter.com/trackglobalsolu/status/262492843711553536
https://twitter.com/trackglobalsolu/status/262101346604441600

The problem ONLY appears at the hashtags with accents words.

Regards,

Fabio.

There was a u left off the end of the regex. /i should be /iu. I fixed it in version 2.4.1, so as soon as that propagates through the repository and you update this should be fixed.

This seems like it would be less complicated, and possibly more inclusive:

/(^|\s)(#\S+)/i

You can test out regexp, here: https://gskinner.com/RegExr/

There are characters that are not allowed in URLs that should be ignored when trying to match URLs. There are also characters that ARE allowed but are rarely used *in* URLs and are often used to delineate. Here are some samples that I’m trying to link as the user expects:

1. I visited https://www.ads-software.com. You should too.
2. I visited https://www.ads-software.com, said Alice.
3. I visited https://www.ads-software.com; it prompted me to take action and get involved.
4. Quote from https://www.ads-software.com: Code is Poetry
5. WordPress (https://www.ads-software.com) is a great platform.

In each of those the user really wants https://www.ads-software.com to be linked. They don’t want the trailing character linked .,;:)

I was using my regexp for hashtags and not links, but I understand your concern. If someone does:

I went to the #store.

There will be an issue. At the same time, under your current code, if someone did:

I went to #7.11

There will also be an issue . . . if I understand correctly. I know no one will use 7.11, but I couldn’t think of another example. Anyway, the point is that I guess you have to pick and choose?