Title: Sanitize file name
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# Sanitize file name

 *  Resolved [ceedric](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ceedric/)
 * (@ceedric)
 * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sanitize-file-name/)
 * Hi
 * I’have had problem with files containing illegal characters (like apostrophe).
 * Filenames should be sanitized before uploading. I suggest sanitizing the filename
   in WP_ExternalPluginBase.php :
 * public function save_remote_file(…) {
 *  $filename=sanitize_file_name($filename);
 *  …
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/external-media/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/external-media/)

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 *  Plugin Author [minnur](https://wordpress.org/support/users/minnur/)
 * (@minnur)
 * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sanitize-file-name/#post-7174919)
 * Thanks! I will include this into next release!
 *  Plugin Author [minnur](https://wordpress.org/support/users/minnur/)
 * (@minnur)
 * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sanitize-file-name/#post-7175049)
 * This has been fixed in 1.0.7 version.

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 * Last activity: [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sanitize-file-name/#post-7175049)
 * Status: resolved