There are some Unicode characters that some browsers just decide they are going to turn into emojis for you. I couldn’t tell you why exactly, but here’s what I see:
Chrome on the left. Safari in the simulator on top and to the right.
Those text Unicode characters (▶, ↩, and, ❤) show up as text in Chrome, then iOS Safari turns them into emojis. Notice how when they are text, I have the ability to change their color, but not when they are turned to emoji.
Those characters above might turn into emojis for you also. They look like text in my WordPress editor. Shrug.
This came up for me because I was helping someone with their website and they didn’t like the “red diamonds” that were showing up. I didn’t seen them as red until I looked on my phone.
Worked on a little site refresh for someone, and they didn't like how the diamond characters they use on many pages are RED. I'm like… red? They should be just normal text-color characters. But no, iOS Safari turns them into red emoji things. Or is something else happening? pic.twitter.com/Z0MJWgUHzv
A couple of people pointed out to me that if you use this (︎︎︎) before the character it will “request it to be rendered as text.” Here’s the spec on that. I couldn’t get it to work though. Here’s my test:
What I see on iOS:
I read in some sporatic threads that font-family: monospace would also prevent the emoji conversion, but that didn’t work for me either.
Let it be an emoji, but force the color anyway.
If you can select the element, even if the characters go emoji, you could force them to a color. Here’s an example from Andrew Walpolea:
Preethi Sam blogged that you can also use text-shadow to do the same:
The problem in my case was that there was no selector to use! The diamonds I was having trouble with were on hundreds of random posts in the database.
Screw it
I just gave up and ran a MySQL search/replace on the whole database (via Better Search Replace) to get rid of them.
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Do you want to change the author of a post in WordPress?
Sometimes you may need to change a post to a different author than the user who first uploaded the post. You can do this without having to copy and paste the post with a different account.
In this article, we’ll show you how to simply change the author of a post in WordPress with just a few clicks.
Before You Change the Author of a WordPress Post
If you just want to show your own name on a post written by another user on your WordPress site, then you’re ready to follow the instructions in this article.
But, if you want to show a different user as the author, then you need to make sure this user exists on your WordPress site first. See our guide on how to add new users and authors in WordPress for detailed instructions.
You can view and manage all the users on your WordPress site by visiting the ‘Users’ menu item when logged in with your WordPress administrator account.
Having said that, let’s look at how to quickly and easily change the author of a post in WordPress.
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How to Change the Author of a Single WordPress Post
First you need to open the post or page where you want to change the author name.
On the post edit screen, you need to make sure ‘Post’ is selected in the right-hand sidebar.
Then, locate ‘Author’ under the ‘Status & Visibility’ section.
Next, select the new author name from the drop down menu.
You’ll see a list of available authors to choose from.
Once you’ve done that, make sure you click ‘Update’ or ‘Save Draft’ to save your changes.
That’s it, you have successfully changed the author of a post in WordPress.
How to Change the Author of Multiple WordPress Posts
Changing the author by editing a single post is easy.
However, if you want to change the author for multiple posts, then this would take a lot of time.
Luckily, there’s an easier way to quickly change the author for multiple WordPress posts at once.
To bulk update authors, click on the ‘Posts’ menu item from your WordPress admin menu. This will list all the posts on your WordPress site.
By default, WordPress shows 20 posts per page. If you want to display more posts, then you need to click on ‘Screen Options‘ and change the number of posts you want to display.
Now you need to select the posts where you want to change the author.
After selecting posts, select ‘Edit’ from ‘Bulk Actions’ dropdown menu and then click the ‘Apply’ button.
WordPress will now show you ‘Bulk Edit’ metabox.
You need to select the new author by clicking on the dropdown menu next to Author option.
Don’t forget to click on the ‘Update’ button to save your changes.
That’s it, you have successfully changed the author for multiple WordPress posts without editing them individually.
How to Optimize Your Author Profiles for SEO
Finally, you may want to optimize your author profile pages to improve your SEO rankings.
The author profile is what appears at the bottom of blog posts published under your name.
Here you can add a brief bio, links, and even your social media profiles.
By showcasing your author bio, you can build more credibility and give your readers a chance to learn more about you and the authors on your site.
WordPress allows you to add a brief author bio, but to add social media links you’ll need to use a WordPress author bio plugin.
Aside from that, you’ll also want to improve your Author archive pages where WordPress displays a list of posts written by that author.
Upon activation, simply navigate to Users » Profile to edit your author profile.
Next, scroll down to the ‘All in One SEO Pro’ section where you can add links to your Facebook and Twitter profiles and create an author bio.
Once you’ve made the necessary changes, make sure you click ‘Update Profile’ at the bottom of the page.
Users will now see your new author bio at the bottom of any post you publish or change to your name.
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