[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #64284: Disallow Multiplication Symbol in WordPress Titles

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Sat Nov 22 03:39:26 UTC 2025


#64284: Disallow Multiplication Symbol in WordPress Titles
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 Reporter:  archmaster7   |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Formatting    |     Version:
 Severity:  minor         |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  needs-patch   |     Focuses:
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Changes (by desrosj):

 * keywords:   => needs-patch
 * component:  General => Formatting


Comment:

 Replying to [comment:1 westonruter]:
 > Maybe the multiplication symbol should be replaced with "x"
 automatically in the slugs? We do this similarly for dashes which get
 replaced with hyphens.

 I think this makes sense, @westonruter.

 Tackling it with #64151 could make sense, but that seems like a much
 larger effort that may take a while. Since this is just one character and
 a one line change (excluding tests), the best path forward may be to fix
 this now rather than wait.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/64284#comment:2>
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