Tags ending in plus or minus sign

  • I’m trying to add tags to my posts. I review movies, and I’m assigning letter grades to each review, e.g., B+, B-, etc. I recognize that the slug doesn’t recognize the plus or minus sign, so I’ve updated each slug accordingly.

    By way of example, I’ve created the following three tags:

    1. Grade: B+ (slug: grade-b-plus)
    2. Grade: B (slug: grade-b)
    3. Grade: B- (slug: grade-b-minus)

    My problem is that even though I’ve modified the slugs, WordPress keeps dropping the plus or minus sign and converting everything into the basic letter grade. So, even if I select the “Grade: B+” option in the post, the posted tag will read “Grade: B” and it will link to the “grade-b” slug.

    Any idea how to fix this? I thought that editing the slugs would fix the problem, but it keeps recurring.

    Thanks,
    Jeremy

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  • I had the same problem using numbers and special characters (also for a movie review site). The problem is that what you enter is converted to a slug every time you enter it, so it’s not just the first time. Whatever you do, don’t try to use 0 as a tag. I’ve written a ticket on that one.
    I suggest you stick to the letters and leave off the plus and minus. Or think up some other scheme, like actual adjectives.

    Since the Name of a Tag is not stripped of special characters, why note use:

    Name: B+
    Slug: b-plus

    Name: B-
    Slug: b-minus

    Add them manually here first:

    yoursite.com/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=post_tag

    Tested on default site.

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