Title: National Characters
Author: OptArt
Published: <strong>3. August 2015.</strong>
Last modified: 24. August 2015.

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It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
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# National Characters

 By [OptArt](https://profiles.wordpress.org/optart/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/national-characters.zip)

 * [Details](https://me.wordpress.org/plugins/national-characters/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://me.wordpress.org/plugins/national-characters/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://me.wordpress.org/plugins/national-characters/#installation)
 * [Development](https://me.wordpress.org/plugins/national-characters/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/national-characters/)

## Description

The plugin allows you to enter national characters (special characters) in username
during registration.

Based on the WP core function. WordPress does not allow to use national characters
in usernames by default. This plugin fixes this issue.

## Installation

#### Automatic installation

This is the easiest option to install WordPress plugin. To do an automatic install
of National Characters, log in to your WordPress dashboard, navigate to the Plugins
menu and click Add New.

In the search field type “National Characters” and click Search Plugins. You can
install it by simply clicking “Install Now”.

#### Manual installation

If your server does not permit automatic installation of a WordPress Plugin or you
wish to control the placement and installation process you can do a manual installation
by following these steps:

 1. Download National Characters plugin to your desktop.
 2. Extract the plugin folder to your desktop.
 3. With your FTP program, upload the extracted folder to the wp-content/plugins folder
    in your WordPress directory online.
 4. Go to Plugins screen and find the newly uploaded Plugin in the list.
 5. Click Activate to activate it.

## Reviews

There are no reviews for this plugin.

## Contributors & Developers

“National Characters” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ OptArt ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/optart/)

[Translate “National Characters” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/national-characters)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/national-characters/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/national-characters/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/national-characters/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/national-characters/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 1.0.0

 * Initial release

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0.0**
 *  Last updated **11 years ago**
 *  Active installations **90+**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **4.2.39**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/national-characters/)
 * Tags
 * [characters](https://me.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/characters/)[National](https://me.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/national/)
   [registration](https://me.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/registration/)[special](https://me.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/special/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://me.wordpress.org/plugins/national-characters/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ OptArt ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/optart/)

## Support

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 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/national-characters/)