Title: Disabling wptexturize()
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Disabling wptexturize()

 *  [creativebin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/creativebin/)
 * (@creativebin)
 * [19 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/disabling-wptexturize/)
 * I am thinking about disabling the wptexturize function because I really don’t
   like how WordPress messes up my punctuation. I will just comment out any filter
   that uses this function. I guess my question is: Would it be harmful in anyway
   to the core? What are the disadvantages?

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 *  [Doodlebee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/doodlebee/)
 * (@doodlebee)
 * [19 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/disabling-wptexturize/#post-504919)
 * _Would it be harmful in anyway to the core?_
 * If you’re commenting out the stuff from wp-includes/default-filters.php, no.
 * _ What are the disadvantages?_
 * You won’t have that formatting. (of course, that’s an advantage, until you actually*
   want* it 😉 )
 *  [amandabee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amandabee/)
 * (@amandabee)
 * [18 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/disabling-wptexturize/#post-505296)
 * You could do it in your theme, by adding this:
 * remove_filter(‘the_content’, ‘wptexturize’);
 * to your functions.php file (which you might have to make).

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 * Last activity: [18 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/disabling-wptexturize/#post-505296)
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