WP update changed charset/characters

  • Resolved cyf

    (@cyf)


    8 years, 11 months ago

    The latest automatic 4.7.5 WP-update has changed all the Danish characters (æ, ø, å) on my blog to gibberish. I have deactivated all plug-ins, and also tried another theme, with no result. Anyone who has an idea why and what to do?
    http://www.cyf.dk

    (The update also remove my menus, but only on parts of the site, like the home page, but that seems like another problem…).

    Thanks in advance!

    /Christian

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  • sinip

    (@sinip)

    8 years, 11 months ago

    Looks like UTF-8 got screwed up somewhere. Could you check your MySQL database collation? Also, cold you just temporarily revert to TwentySixteen theme and see if the issue persists?

    Thread Starter cyf

    (@cyf)

    8 years, 11 months ago

    Thanks for replying. I have changed to TwentySixteen now again, but it does not seem to help. My database collation is set to: utf8_general_ci. And has changed to a so-called MariaDB, I realise, without my knowledge (by the webhost One.com).

    sinip

    (@sinip)

    8 years, 11 months ago

    Then the only remaining thing is to contact your webhost and ask them to fix the issue, because apparently it is caused by them. What is left for you to do is to access your database directly from phpMyAdmin or appropriate tool and check if the posts inside the database have proper Danish characters. If they do, then UTF-8 gets screwed up between the database and WordPress frontend.

    Thread Starter cyf

    (@cyf)

    8 years, 11 months ago

    You were right. The problem was due to their change/transfer from MySQL to MariaDB, and they have fixed it now.

    What confused me was that it happened at the same time as the WP update (that made my sidebar menus disappear – I have fixed that myself).

    Thanks a lot for your help!

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