& for Category’s

Hello,

Try to replace the line:

$categoryTree[$id] = array('title' => $parentCat->name, 'children' => array());

with:

$categoryTree[$id] = array('title' => wp_specialchars_decode($parentCat->name), 'children' => array());

and the line:

$categoryTree[$catId]['title'] = $category->name;

with:

$categoryTree[$catId]['title'] = wp_specialchars_decode($category->name);

in the file:
wp-content/plugins/ymm-search/ymm_ajax.php

Stanislav

You’re a legend! that worked perfectly, thank you very very much!

@pektsekye

Thanks for the fix for this, I also had that issue. Will this fix be released in a future update?

Hello,

The wp_specialchars_decode() function can affect website performance. Especially when it is used inside a loop.
It depends on the number of the categories on your website.

For some reason WordPress or WooCommerce saves wrong data in the database.
If the category name is “Transmission & Driveline” it should be saved the same in the database.

Now it saves it like “Transmission & amp ; Driveline” and then we have to use some special functions to covert it back and affect the website performance.

So for now it is a temporary fix that is not included into the original version of this plugin.

Stanislav