Today we will solve double dash problem in WordPress.
Are you facing double dash issue in WordPress post? Double dash gets converted into one longer dash.
To get normal double dash (–) in your content, follow these steps:
Open formatting.php file
Ex.
nano wp-includes/formatting.php
Follow Below lines:
// Dashes and spaces
$dynamic[‘/—/’] = $em_dash;
$dynamic[ ‘/(?<=^|’ . $spaces . ‘)–(?=$|’ . $spaces . ‘)/’ ] = $em_dash;
$dynamic[‘/(?<!xn)–/’] = $en_dash;
$dynamic[ ‘/(?<=^|’ . $spaces . ‘)-(?=$|’ . $spaces . ‘)/’ ] = $en_dash;
And comment those line For Example:
//$dynamic[‘/—/’] = $em_dash;
//$dynamic[ ‘/(?<=^|’ . $spaces . ‘)–(?=$|’ . $spaces . ‘)/’ ] = $em_dash;
//$dynamic[‘/(?<!xn)–/’] = $en_dash;
//$dynamic[ ‘/(?<=^|’ . $spaces . ‘)-(?=$|’ . $spaces . ‘)/’ ] = $en_dash;
Save and close it.
That’s it, now check your content.