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Character Entities or Extended Characters In many WordPress sites, you will see odd symbols that will pop up from time to time. Often these symbols appear in navigation links. For instance, look at the the double left angle quotes («) and the double right angle quotes (») in this example: « « Previous Post Title    |    Next Post Title » »…

Introduction to Emoji Emoji are the ideograms or smileys 😃 used in electronic messages and Web pages. Originating in Japan on mobile devices, they are now commonly available on devices worldwide, ranging from mobile to desktop computers. Different operating systems have distinct methods of accessing emoji. Note that these methods work in most applications, not…

WordPress processes text entered in the Write Post Screen multiple times before the text is finally displayed on a web page within your WordPress blog. The processing of the text filters out the unwanted code and conforms the text to a form that the browser can interpret. Without attention to detail and familiarity with WordPress’s post content…

The WordPress revisions system stores a record of each saved draft or published update. The revision system allows you to see what changes were made in each revision by dragging a slider. The display indicates what has changed in each revision – what was added, what remained unchanged, and what was removed. Lines added or…

Tools → Export Exporting your WordPress data (posts, pages, custom post types, comments, custom fields, categories, tags, custom taxonomies, and users) is sometimes necessary and useful. If you are moving to a new host or just want a backup of your site data, then Exporting your site is the answer. Once the export file is…

Thank you for contributing to the project we all love! Your participation is vital to the WordPress project. WordPress is a user-driven project, and all developments and enhancements depend on users like you! Please consider contributing to the project and the WordPress Community in one or more of the ways outlined below. Contributions from users like…

In WordPress you have the ability to create a network of sites (multisite). To enable the Network ability, you must first define multisite in the wp-config.php file. Note that because the Network ability requires a certain level of expertise, developers intentional require manual configuration of the wp-config.php file to enable Networks. Create a Network of…

WordPress 4.9.6 included a feature to delete a user’s personal data upon verified request. Deleted data is permanently removed from the database. Erasure requests cannot be reversed after they have been confirmed. Note: Erase Personal Data tool does not remove the data from backups or archive files: When using the tool alongside automated backups or…

WordPress 4.9.6 included a feature to archive user data for export. Export Personal Data tool can generate a (.zip format) file containing the personal data which exists about a user within your WordPress site. Note: As this tool ONLY gathers data from WordPress and participating plugins, you may need to go beyond to comply with…

Importing data into your WordPress blog is many times, necessary and useful. If you are moving from another host, or just to start your blog anew, then import data into your blog may be the answer. Remember that Importing Content has explicit details about most of the import choices listed below. If you have posts…