I have a WordPress website built locally in Local on my MacBook, but when I put it live on my server, it converts my text to ASCII characters. Can I disable or fix this?
This wouldn’t be anything that’s caused by Local, but likely an issue with a plugin, theme, mixed content or some other issue like caching maybe.
Can you send a screenshot of what you’re seeing on the site? Are there any errors in your browser console as well?
Hi Nick,
Thank you for your reply. It’s also visible when I deactivate all plugins: Screenshot by Lightshot
Browser console: Screenshot by Lightshot
Text on website oxalex.fizzytest.nl: Screenshot by Lightshot
I found the solution!
When I had put the website live, I had to remove the following code from the wp-config.php file:
/** Database charset to use in creating database tables. */
define( ‘DB_CHARSET’, ‘utf8mb4’ );
/** The database collate type. Don’t change this if in doubt. */
define( ‘DB_COLLATE’, ‘’ );
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