Easily Converts the WordPress database from any type of character set to UTF-8 character set.
Since the release of WordPress 2.2 the character set has been set by default to UTF-8 and the users
that come from previously versions of WordPress, may have some problems with the old Latin1 character set
and the new default UTF-8 character set.
This plugin has been designed and developed with the idea to do this complex task in a easy 1-click way,
so it will no require any type of advance knowledge about the topic to make use of this plugin.
Attention: This plugin is no longer being maintained by the author
This plugin makes and a irreversible job to your database so consider seriously the task to make a complete backup of your
WordPress based site before proceed with the task.
This plugin has been designed to be only compatible with WordPress versions 2.2.x and 2.1.x so running
the plugin on other minor or major versions may have unexpected behavior.
wp-config.php
set DB_CHARSET
to utf8
and leave DB_COLLATE
with nothing. (Just for WordPress 2.2.x)UTF8_DB_Converter.php
to the /wp-content/plugins/
directory.If you are not the ‘blog owner’ or a user with level 10 (the maximum level), you cannot access this plugin.
Because this task is a little complex and exceeds the normal user daily tasks, i have decided to make only visible
and accessibly for the user with level 10 which is normally the blog owner or the blog administrator.
I make this plugin compatible with the next minimum requirements:
* PHP >= 4.2
* MySQL >= 4.1.2
So it will no require anything different or anything special to work.
Of course, once its make his job you no longer need use or have anymore this plugin in your plugin activated/stored list.