I can't get rid of smart/curly quotes

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  erincopyeditor · Member · Jan 11, 2015 at 2:40 am

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  I’m a copy editor, so this is a really big deal. I need to be able to have quotation marks appear as straight quotes, or have the ability to switch between straight quotes and curly quotes. In particular, I need to have an apostrophe appear as an apostrophe and not as an open single quote. Please please please tell me how to do this. I am using the Writr theme on my upgraded/not free site.

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  lizthefair · Member · Jan 12, 2015 at 5:46 pm

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  I’m sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but WordPress core automatically converts straight quotes to curly quotes and there isn’t anything we can do to help you over-ride that change.

  Is it especially problematic with the Writr theme or has it always been an issue for you?

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  erincopyeditor · Member · Jan 12, 2015 at 5:58 pm

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  I had never seen it be an issue before, and after seeing your reply I took a look at my post and now understand what happened. Because I had bolded a name, but not the apostrophe ‘s’ that followed, the apostrophe converted to a single open quotation mark. I guess I’m now changing my style for this site to not bold names, or not use an apostrophe ‘s’ after a bolded name, to avoid the issue. Thanks for the info.

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  lizthefair · Member · Jan 12, 2015 at 6:21 pm

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  Glad you were able to figure it out. Thanks for letting me know.