Title: Special Characters AGAIN
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Special Characters AGAIN

 *  Resolved [ningishzidda](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ningishzidda/)
 * (@ningishzidda)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/special-characters-again/)
 * The help files for WordPress 2 years ago are not applying to this version.
 * I need to display special chinese characters here:
 * [http://ningishzidda.com/tarot/](http://ningishzidda.com/tarot/)
 * I have determined it to be a database error and not my browser (they display 
   fine elsewhere)
 * I used Fantastico to install.
 * What do i edit in my wp-config to fix this? Older advice breaks my site.
 * Thanks.
 * Izi

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 *  Thread Starter [ningishzidda](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ningishzidda/)
 * (@ningishzidda)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/special-characters-again/#post-3030444)
 * Please guys any clue helps the last support topic for this is 2 years old, and
   this was working fine before I upgraded to the new WordPress a few days ago.
 * WordPress turns my author’s special chinese characters into question marks after
   posting.
 *  Thread Starter [ningishzidda](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ningishzidda/)
 * (@ningishzidda)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/special-characters-again/#post-3030550)
 * so I take it there is no way to fix this?
 *  [eltono](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eltono/)
 * (@eltono)
 * [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/special-characters-again/#post-3030586)
 * Hi Ningishzidda
 * I found a solution, it looks like the problem is in the database, you need to
   change the values in “Collation”.
 * I followed this post, step by step, it’s quite easy. (You need to be able to 
   connect to your PhpMyAdmin panel):
 * [http://boringest.blogasian.com/2008/10/how-to-show-chinese-characters-in-wordpress/](http://boringest.blogasian.com/2008/10/how-to-show-chinese-characters-in-wordpress/)
 * I did all this and it worked, the only problem is that I have to re-write all
   the Chinese part in my site, looks like they got lost with the database update.
 * Good luck!
 *  [eltono](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eltono/)
 * (@eltono)
 * [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/special-characters-again/#post-3030587)
 * Ok! No need to retype all the Chinese text. After doing the “Collation” modification
   in your database, just delete and import your database backup (*.dump) again 
   and everything will be in Chinese like before!
 *  Thread Starter [ningishzidda](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ningishzidda/)
 * (@ningishzidda)
 * [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/special-characters-again/#post-3030588)
 * Thank you so much. I fixed it this morning and I couldn’t be happier!

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 * Last activity: [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/special-characters-again/#post-3030588)
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