Title: Apostrophe Issues
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Apostrophe Issues

 *  [superspiker](https://wordpress.org/support/users/superspiker/)
 * (@superspiker)
 * [19 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/apostrophe-issues-2/)
 * When I _publish_ a post that contains apostrophe wordpress is adding an additional
   apostrophe.
 * For example: If I write
 * > Joe’s Crab Shack
 *  it becomes
 * > Joe”s Crab Shack
 *  when I view the blog post.
 * If I edit the post, to fix this problem it adds yet _another_ apostrophe. In 
   fact they keep adding on anytime I edit posts with apostrophes.
 * Others are having this issue also see [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/44574](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/44574)
   however there doesn’t seem to be a solution.
 * I’ve started a new blog from scratch with no plugin activated and the problem
   still exists. I tried 2.0.5 with no success then tried 2.1 alpha 3 just for the
   hell of it and same issue happens. This leads me to belive that my web host has
   set an option on Mysql or PHP.
 * Anyone with light to shed on this?
 * Thanks.

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 *  Thread Starter [superspiker](https://wordpress.org/support/users/superspiker/)
 * (@superspiker)
 * [19 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/apostrophe-issues-2/#post-491446)
 * Bump
 *  [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/)
 * (@moshu)
 * [19 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/apostrophe-issues-2/#post-491447)
 * And what did your host say – since you suspected it might be related to their
   settings…?
 *  Thread Starter [superspiker](https://wordpress.org/support/users/superspiker/)
 * (@superspiker)
 * [19 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/apostrophe-issues-2/#post-491449)
 * They said that I’d need to point them to the problem area of the PHP or MySQL
   so they can look into it.
 * I have no clue about the mysql or php settings so I am unable to guide them to
   slove the issue.
 * Suggestions?
 *  [pmilano1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pmilano1/)
 * (@pmilano1)
 * [18 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/apostrophe-issues-2/#post-491777)
 * I have this same problem. Are the apostrophes doubled up when they go into the
   db?
 *  [pmilano1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pmilano1/)
 * (@pmilano1)
 * [18 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/apostrophe-issues-2/#post-491778)
 * Turn off Magic Quotes. Seems to do the trick.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 5 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [pmilano1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pmilano1/)
 * Last activity: [18 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/apostrophe-issues-2/#post-491778)
 * Status: not resolved

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