Title: Remove Special Characters From Permalinks Author: WPFactory Published: September 13, 2018 Last modified: September 11, 2025 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/remove-special-characters-from-permalinks/assets/banner-772x250. png?rev=2971953) ![](https://ps.w.org/remove-special-characters-from-permalinks/assets/icon.svg?rev =2971953) # Remove Special Characters From Permalinks By [WPFactory](https://profiles.wordpress.org/wpcodefactory/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/remove-special-characters-from-permalinks.1.1.0.zip) * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/remove-special-characters-from-permalinks/#description) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/remove-special-characters-from-permalinks/#reviews) * [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/remove-special-characters-from-permalinks/#installation) * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/remove-special-characters-from-permalinks/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/remove-special-characters-from-permalinks/) ## Description If you are using pretty permalinks, you may have noticed WordPress sanitizes it removing accents and some special characters. However some of these characters are not sanitized by default, meaning they can be added to some of your post URLs, like a trademark symbol(®), a copyright symbol( ©) or even a [UTF-8 symbol](https://www.utf8icons.com/) like ⛓. Although it may not hurt you at first, it may let users confused and it can cause some problems when interacting with some third party API that is not prepared to read such characters. This plugin Removes special characters from permalinks when the post is created or updated. ### How to use it? All you have to do is saving/updating your post and you will notice special characters will be swiped out from the permalink. ### Pro Version Enjoying the free version of this plugin? We have a Pro version that allows removing characters from all permalinks of your site with just one click, including posts, pages and custom post types. We also offer support if you have some sort of problem. [Update to PRO](https://wpfactory.com/item/remove-special-characters-from-permalinks-wordpress-plugin/) for a better plugin and helping maintaining the development of this plugin ## Installation 1. Upload the entire ‘remove-special-characters-from-permalinks’ folder to the ‘/wp- content/plugins/’ directory. 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress. ## FAQ ### How can I contribute? Is there a github repository? If you are interested in contributing – head over to the [Remove Special Characters From Permalinks](https://github.com/wpcodefactory/remove-special-characters-from-permalinks) plugin GitHub Repository to find out how you can pitch in. ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/9786181f2ac82df1c2b05de1899533eadab7a16b5e6f7462d0c11f6abe6af6bd? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Works great](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/works-great-6687/)󠁿 [Li-An](https://profiles.wordpress.org/li-an/) December 22, 2020 In french, we use unbreakable space and it’s not managed by WordPress. So strange code shows up in permalink, breaking sharing on Facebook by example. This plugin fixes this problem. So 5 stars. Update: I downgrade the rating to 2 stars. There is a conflict with Markdwon Module in Jetpack and there was no update made. Too bad. Update : after contact through Facebook page, the problem has been fixed. Hooray. So back to 5 stars. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/7edbf9fcf9f94adc121f0dd6f78a431ca27cf87a28f98534d557c92989feb2dd? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Perfect](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/perfect-5407/)󠁿 [tiendungzone](https://profiles.wordpress.org/tiendungzone/) September 26, 2018 1 reply The function is great to make url more friendly ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/026258f68481abc745634645a58a12e4abf8f64f3166e31527e7ddf2796662ba? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Awesome plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/awesome-plugin-3802/)󠁿 [Dao Tien Dung](https://profiles.wordpress.org/daotiendung/) September 13, 2018 1 reply I’m from Viet Nam, My project encountered a problem with permalink that had special characters or emoticons that I could not fix, websites that were available to many users. They do not know edit url manually, so this plugin is a relief for me Thanks so much! [ Read all 3 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/remove-special-characters-from-permalinks/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Remove Special Characters From Permalinks” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ WPFactory ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/wpcodefactory/) * [ Omar AlDabbas ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/omardabbas/) * [ Pablo Pacheco ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/karzin/) * [ Tom Anbinder ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/anbinder/) * [ Kousik Mukherjee ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/kousikmukherjeeli/) [Translate “Remove Special Characters From Permalinks” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/remove-special-characters-from-permalinks) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/remove-special-characters-from-permalinks/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/remove-special-characters-from-permalinks/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/remove-special-characters-from-permalinks/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/remove-special-characters-from-permalinks/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.1.0 – 11/09/2025 * Tested up to: 6.8. #### 1.0.9 – 31/07/2024 * Tested up to: 6.6. #### 1.0.8 – 26/09/2023 * Tested up to: 6.3. * Update plugin icon, banner. #### 1.0.7 – 19/06/2023 * Tested up to: 6.2. #### 1.0.6 – 09/03/2023 * Dev – Improve notice. * Tested up to: 6.1. * Move to WPFactory. #### 1.0.5 – 22/12/2020 * Fix markdown getting lost on post update. * Tested up to: 5.6 #### 1.0.4 – 10/10/2020 * Replace `sanitize_title` by ‘save_post’ hook. * Improve special characters replacing function. * Tested up to: 5.5 #### 1.0.3 – 19/10/2018 * Check if permalink seems utf8 before removing characters * Inform about pro version #### 1.0.2 – 22/09/2018 * Handle localization * Fix domain path #### 1.0.1 – 22/09/2018 * Handle localization #### 1.0.0 – 12/09/2018 * Initial Release. ## Commercial plugin This plugin is free but offers additional paid commercial upgrades or support. ## Meta * Version **1.1.0** * Last updated **7 months ago** * Active installations **80+** * WordPress version ** 4.4 or higher ** * Tested up to **6.8.5** * PHP version ** 5.6.0 or higher ** * Tags * [characters](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/characters/)[permalink](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/permalink/) [remove](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/remove/)[special](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/special/) * [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/remove-special-characters-from-permalinks/advanced/) ## Ratings 5 out of 5 stars. * [ 3 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/remove-special-characters-from-permalinks/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/remove-special-characters-from-permalinks/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/remove-special-characters-from-permalinks/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/remove-special-characters-from-permalinks/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/remove-special-characters-from-permalinks/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/remove-special-characters-from-permalinks/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/remove-special-characters-from-permalinks/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ WPFactory ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/wpcodefactory/) * [ Omar AlDabbas ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/omardabbas/) * [ Pablo Pacheco ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/karzin/) * [ Tom Anbinder ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/anbinder/) * [ Kousik Mukherjee ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/kousikmukherjeeli/) ## Support Got something to say? 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