Title: HTML minify encoding problem
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# HTML minify encoding problem

 *  [Manjis](https://wordpress.org/support/users/manjis/)
 * (@manjis)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/html-minify-encoding-problem/)
 * I am using W3TC 0.9.4.1 with WordPress 4.4. My website is a Japanese website,
   when I enable the HTML minification then **few** characters are replaced by �,
   otherwise the page looks fine.
    It seems there is an encoding problem. I have
   correctly emptied the cache, when I disable this option then the page is rendered
   well. The metatag `<meta charset="utf-8">` is specified. I’ve tried to play with
   the settings but the result is still the same.
 * Maybe there is something to add on the server side or the .htaccess?
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/w3-total-cache/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/w3-total-cache/)

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 *  Thread Starter [Manjis](https://wordpress.org/support/users/manjis/)
 * (@manjis)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/html-minify-encoding-problem/#post-6873395)
 * Did someone encounter the same kind of issue?

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 * [encoding](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/encoding/)
 * [html](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/html/)
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 * Last reply from: [Manjis](https://wordpress.org/support/users/manjis/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/html-minify-encoding-problem/#post-6873395)
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