Here’s your WordPress hack of the day: Removing curly quotes in WordPress.
Curly quotes are nice, they are beautiful looking, but they suck for usability for your readers, especially if they are trying to copy and paste content and/or code from your blog.
So, I kill them. Kill them all, both in the content and the comments. This ensures the “safest” viewing experience for your readers.
It’s super easy. Just copy and paste the following into your “Theme Functions” php file:
<?php remove_filter(‘the_content’, ‘wptexturize’); ?>
<?php remove_filter(‘comment_text’, ‘wptexturize’); ?>
That’s it!
Here’s to making the blogging experience the very best. Oh, and you have to start with WordPress.
always appreciate the hacks
here, here, oh wordpress master!
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I will be experimenting with that
Umm… maybe it was just a coincidence, but I tried this and now… none of the pages on my site will load. Not even WP-Admin. What did I do wrong? I need help! Haha. Oh geez.
better remove it.
Alright. How would I get to it if I can’t access WP Admin? Sorry… I’m not much of an expert. Haha.
Alright. How would I do that since I can’t access WP Admin? Sorry… I’m not much of an expert. Haha.
FTP?
Thanks! I’ll let you know if I get it fixed…
Just got it fixed. Thanks!
Thanks John. That’s super-easy!
What about with Coda? Do you know of any Coda plugins to do this besides using the tried and true find and replace method?