Title: Full UTF-8 Author: Andrea Ercolino Published: January 14, 2011 Last modified: October 5, 2014 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/full-utf-8/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=1002160) This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. ![](https://ps.w.org/full-utf-8/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=1002160) # Full UTF-8 By [Andrea Ercolino](https://profiles.wordpress.org/aercolino/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/full-utf-8.2.0.1.zip) * [Details](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/full-utf-8/#description) * [Reviews](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/full-utf-8/#reviews) * [Installation](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/full-utf-8/#installation) * [Development](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/full-utf-8/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/full-utf-8/) ## Description Full UTF-8 adds **complete support** for any UTF-8 character. Without this plugin, WordPress truncates anything after the first 4-bytes-long UTF-8 character. Suppose you copy some text from a web page and paste it into the editor. You see everything is fine, so you hit save. As soon as the page is reloaded, you find out that your post has been truncated at a point that seems to be quite random. Well, that’s not random. The breaking point is the position of the first 4-bytes-long UTF-8 character. Anything from that one up to the end of the post is irremediably lost forever. You definitely need to install this plugin if you write 4-bytes-long UTF-8 characters. How do you know that? Many Chinese characters, musical and mathematical symbols and Emoji icons are 4-bytes-long. But you can always [try to draw something](http://shapecatcher.com/) and check for yourself. If you get a Unicode hexadecimal value with more than four digits after 0x then it is a 4-bytes-long UTF-8 character. For example, a [G-clef](http://shapecatcher.com/unicode/info/119070) is one because 0x1D11E has 5 digits after 0x. 1. This plugin is a WordPress “drop in”. Drop-ins are advanced plugins in the wp-content directory that replace WordPress functionality when present. 1. This plugin is completely automatic. You are not supposed to do anything special to make it work after activating it. #### Interesting Links * [Beauty of Writing Systems](http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2010/05/18/the-beauty-of-typography-writing-systems-and-calligraphy-of-the-world/) * [Complexity of Writing Systems](http://rishida.net/docs/unicode-tutorial/part1) * [What is UTF-8?](https://the-pastry-box-project.net/oli-studholme/2013-october-8) ## Screenshots * [[ * Copy and paste some text into a new post (it works also if you type yourself in the editor.) [Example](http://japanese.stackexchange.com/a/6873) Everything looks fine, so you save. * [[ * Default WordPress: Oops! What happened to your text?? WordPress misbehaves. It cuts anything after the first character it can’t process. * [[ * WordPress + Full UTF-8: Nice. WordPress behaves. ## Installation 1. Upload `full-utf-8` folder to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress ## FAQ None. ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/dbeed3c6d4283eaf3fb6b2bf8d37f4f663abb241208c20b184695d5805266f17? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[working](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/working-108/)󠁿 [merzakabderrahim](https://profiles.wordpress.org/merzakabderrahim/) September 3, 2016 like a charm [ Read all 6 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/full-utf-8/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Full UTF-8” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Andrea Ercolino ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/aercolino/) [Translate “Full UTF-8” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/full-utf-8) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/full-utf-8/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/full-utf-8/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/full-utf-8/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/full-utf-8/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 2.0.1 * Refreshed main code from WP 4.0. * Added some images. * Improved the description. * Added banner and icon. #### 2.0.0 * Added complete support for data written to and read from the database. #### 1.0.2 * Fixed the unescape method so that it works on large strings as well. #### 1.0.1 * Fixed a small bug in a path that made 1.0.0 unusable. #### 1.0.0 * First version. ## Meta * Version **2.0.1** * Last updated **12 years ago** * Active installations **400+** * WordPress version ** 1.0 or higher ** * Tested up to **4.0.38** * Language * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/full-utf-8/) * Tags * [Encoding](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/encoding/)[unicode](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/unicode/) [utf-8](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/utf-8/)[utf8](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/utf8/) * [Advanced View](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/full-utf-8/advanced/) ## Ratings 5 out of 5 stars. * [ 6 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/full-utf-8/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/full-utf-8/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/full-utf-8/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/full-utf-8/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/full-utf-8/reviews/?filter=1) [Add my review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/full-utf-8/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/full-utf-8/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Andrea Ercolino ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/aercolino/) ## Support Got something to say? 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