Depending on the type of content you want to create, you may sometimes need special characters for your website. It can be a ®, ©, ™ or a simple >, < and similar characters.
Most keyboards do not have special character keys, so you have to add them on your own.
In this article, we’ll show you how to add special characters to your WordPress pages and posts without breaking a sweat. The methods we will consider are:
Let’s start with the Classic Editor.
If you are still using the Classic editor in WordPress, this is how adding special characters is done.
For starters, open a new or existing page or a post you want to add a symbol to. make sure you have visual editor tab active. Next, find Toolbar Toggle Click and on the visual toolbar to see additional options in the second line.
And right there, in the second row, special character button.
Clicking this button will open a new window on your screen so you can select the special characters you want to use. There’s a little bit of everything from Greek letters to math symbols.
Find the one you want to use and click Close.
If you prefer to use the powerful drag and drop WPBakery page builder, first to add special characters Add Item button.
From the list of available items and shortcodes, text box .
Inside Image field under general click the tab again Toolbar Toggle button. This will load the second row of options; special character button.
Again, special character window will open and you can select the symbols you need for your content.
When you’re done, press the button Close button.
Another way to add special characters to your pages and posts text editor. In this case, you will need to Write HTML entity codes to create special characters.
Some characters are easy to memorize, eg. " which ” (quote mark) or © this gives us ©. If you’re not sure which HTML entity to use to get a particular special character, use a special characters reference table.
Adding Special Characters Using HTML in the Classic Editor
This time, when you open a new or existing page/post, Choose the text editor.
Here you can enter any HTML entity you want.
Adding Special Characters Using HTML in WPBakery
Just like in the first round, click on it Add Item and choose text block. Now we are interested text area under general tab. By selecting this, you can start entering the HTML entities you want.
To add special characters to Gutenberg Paragraph Block.
When you select the Paragraph Box, you will see the same toolbar that the classic editor had. To enter special characters, click on it. special character button .
Finally, select the symbol you want to add to your page or a post.
As a result…
When it comes to special characters, you may need to use it sometimes for business and sometimes just for fun. Whatever their purpose, the important thing is not to overdo it, because you certainly don’t want to risk confusing people. Keep in mind who your target audience is and adjust the use of special characters accordingly.
We’ve shown you several ways how you can add special characters to your WordPress pages and posts. However, if you don’t want to use any of these methods, you can also install one of the following. character attachments. Browse the vast collection until you find the plugin that fits your needs.
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