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This returns given text with transformations of quotes to smart quotes, apostrophes, dashes, ellipses, the trademark symbol, and the multiplication symbol. Text enclosed in the tags <pre>, <code>, <kbd>, <style>, <script>, and <tt> will be skipped.
<?php wptexturize( $text ); ?>
Opening and closing quotes can be customized in a WordPress translation file. Here are some of the text transformations:
| source text | transformed text | symbol name |
|---|---|---|
| "---" | "—" | em-dash |
| " -- " | "—" | em-dash |
| "--" | "–" | en-dash |
| " - " | "–" | en-dash |
| "xn–" | "xn--" | |
| "..." | "…" | ellipsis |
| `` | “ | opening quote |
| '' | ” | closing quote |
| " (tm)" | " ™" | trademark symbol |
| 1234" | 1234″ | double prime symbol |
| 1234' | 1234′ | prime symbol |
| 1234x1234 | 1234×1234 | multiplication symbol |
There is a small "cockney" list of transformations, as well. They can be replaced if the variable $wp_cockneyreplace is defined and contains an associative array with the keys containing the source strings and the values containing the transformed strings. By default the following strings will be transformed:
Since: 0.71
wptexturize() is located in wp-includes/formatting.php.
