HTML Special Characters Helper
Admin widget on the Add/Edit Post pages for inserting HTML encodings of special characters into the post.
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·200 active installs·Updated 9 years agoAs of April 2026, HTML Special Characters Helper is a WordPress dbx plugin with 200 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 3 reviews. It has been downloaded 38K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.6+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2009. Last updated 9 years ago — may have compatibility concerns.
5/53 reviews
200active installs
38K+total downloads
17 yearssince 2009
Overview
Add an admin widget labeled “HTML Special Characters” that is present in the admin Add/Edit Post and Add/Edit Page pages. Clicking on any special character in the widget causes its character encoding to be inserted into the post body text field at the current cursor location (or at the end of the post if the cursor isn’t located in the post body field). Hovering over any of the special characters in the admin widget causes hover text to appear that shows the HTML entity encoding for the character as well as the name of the character.
Note that when used in the visual editor mode the special character itself is added to the post body. Also note that the visual editor has its own special characters popup helper accessible via the advanced toolbar, which depending on your u…
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 4.6+ requiredTested up to 4.7.33 |
| PHP | false+ required |
Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
2.2 (2017-02-07)
- Change: Show helper metabox for all post types shown in the admin.
- Now shown for custom post types that appear in the admin menu
- Add function
get_post_types() - Ensure post type supports the editor before enabling metabox for it
- Change: Add metabox via ‘add_meta_boxes’ hook for a more targeted approach.
…and 12 more changes
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