Apostrophes and quotation marks display as code instead of characters.

What do they look like when you try to edit the post? Do they show up as apostrophes and quotation marks when you try to edit or are they code there, too? Is this your post content, the titles, both? Any chance for a link to the trouble?

tsguitar: They look like three special characters. I erase them and type in the correct symbol ( ‘ ‘ ? ) and it comes out right. Don’t know about titles, but it’s a problem in text and in several sidebar listings. The site is https://www.signaturestrategies.com

But the display on the screen as apostrophes and quotation marks. I don’t see 8217 on the screen, I see an apostrophe. And when you go to edit the entry, you don’t see 8217 on the screen, you see an apostrophe. Is that right?

WordPress has always converted to XHTML special character codes upon display of the_content. I don’t see the trouble you’re having.

tsguitar: I’ve had a programmer friend look at and fix the problem. But before this, believe me, the finished posts had substituted the actual apostrophes, quotes, question marks with three special characters. I now only have the problem in the “Recent posts” sidebar. Thanks for your help and concern.

Since your friend looked at it and fixed it, could you post the solution? What did s/he do to fix the trouble? I never did see anything but apostrophes and quotation marks on your site, so I’m still not sure what the problem was, but just in case someone looks at this in the future, let me know how you fixed it.

tsguitar: Since I don’t understand the lingo or the procedure, I’ve ask him to come here to describe it.

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