Having problem in using wordpress with an other language

You should have all your databases utf8_general_ci if you’re website uses other than just Latin characters. Can you have a look at your database tables? If you can then have a look at the wp_posts table and see if they are ???? or actual characters. Otherwise your posts are saved wrong in the DB which why they are appearing unreadable in your blog.

If they do not have utf8_general_ci unicoding try to:

  • Either create a new database with utf8_general_ci Unicode or try to convert your current DB. Documentation about converting a database. BACKUP if you need to!
  • Install a clean WordPress via FTP

  • Make sure your config.php has these settings (which are the default):

    define('DB_CHARSET', 'utf8');
define('DB_COLLATE', '');

  • After installation make sure all your tables are utf8 general_ci (if you can access your database?)

  • Make sure your theme’s index.php is saved with UTF-8 encoding.

Give it a try and let me know if this changed anything?

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