The reason commenting out (see q ) didn’t work is that the data was wrong in the database, so no encoding change could fix it. I restored the database by copy pasting the sql script into PHPMyAdmin, and the text box interpreted the text as having the wrong encoding. By using import in phpmyadmin and … Read more
It is totally essential to use utf8mb4 for your site to be secure and bug free in all wordpress versions since 4.2 and probably before that. You need to upgrade your mysql software to a newer version, or change whatever is need in its configuration to support it.
The file is likely correct, but the program that you’re viewing it in is probably interpreting it with ISO-8859-1 / latin1 encoding. The é pairing is something I have often seen when viewing a UTF-8 encoded é in latin1. Be sure that the program you are viewing the file in is set to view in … Read more
Symbols such as £ end up being  in the database
Adding the following constants to my wp-config.php solved the issues: define( ‘DB_CHARSET’, ‘utf8’ ); define( ‘DB_COLLATE’, ” );
esc_js() breaks unicode sequences by removing the slash ‘\’ character
never ever copy text from word document into anything web related. Word documents contain extra styling information which might break the content that you try to copy. If you need to copy test it is best to receive it as a simple text file that can be opened in notepad.
I wanted to add this as a comment because I want to be brief, but SE will not let me do it since I just signed up. Anyway, I just faced the exact same issue you are facing. This blog post helped me: http://theblogpress.com/blog/seeing-weird-characters-on-blog-how-to-fix-wordpress-character-encoding-latin1-to-utf8/ As well as this thread: Character encoding issue after changing servers … Read more
images not showing after transfer
You have 3 options: Disable it in your Word, go to Word > Preferences > General then clear the check for Include formatted text in Clipboard. This is a global setting by the way so any cut/copy will render un-formatted text. Click on this icon: Use notepad, copy the content to notepad then copy it … Read more