Slashes added when saving from frontend
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June 17, 2013 at 6:06 pm 4955 | |
Tareq Hasan | WP: 3.5.1
Frontend: 1.2
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Hi
I havve WP User Frontend enabled but when a user modifies and saves their post from the frontend, some slashes get added each time it gets saved.
So what is originally this...
The man said "Hi, I am a test post which has been added by the frontend". It's great!Becomes The man said \"Hi, I am a test post which has been added by the frontend\". It\'s great!How do I remove the slashes and stop them being added and saved please? |
June 17, 2013 at 8:31 pm 4967 | |
Tareq Hasan | It’s because of the user level. Some users like author, editor have For the users like contributor, subscriber, WordPress filters those submission and as a security measure, they add slashes.. |
June 17, 2013 at 9:14 pm 4971 | |
codynew | Thanks, does this mean that I could use a plugin like User Role Editor to enable the unfiltered_html. Would it actually be safe for me to do so? What do you recommend? |
June 18, 2013 at 11:35 am 4992 | |
Tareq Hasan | Yes, you could use role editor plugin for that.
So just don’t take my word. But I suppose you can give the permission. |
June 18, 2013 at 2:48 pm 4996 | |
codynew | Thanks, just what IS unfiltered_html? I don’t really want to expose myself on the website but at the same time, the slashes arent exactly acceptable 🙁 |
June 19, 2013 at 5:19 am 5028 | |
Tareq Hasan | It’s a capability that will enable you to post texts without filtering. As an example, the quote symbol has something to do with SQL injection and it’ll be escaped by adding a forward slash before it. If you have the |