[HELP] How to replace %3A, %2F & %3D with slashes, question marks, etc inside URLs

[staycoolmen2006]

I am running a Wordpress blog @ bloggertweaks.com but having URL prob. When i search my post url in google it shows something like

Please help to replace %3A, %2F & %3D with slashes, question marks, etc inside URLs

 

[judson]

There is a great Search and Replace plugin that would allow you to search for the offending bits in your database tables and replace them.
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/search-and-replace/

Be careful when you use it though. If you are not too sure what you are doing, you can corrupt your database with this plugin.

Assuming that that is where they are.

You have bigger problems though ....
Page load time: 5.39s
Total page size: 1.26MB
Total number of requests: 112

Work on that while you are at it.

 

[staycoolmen2006]

There is a great Search and Replace plugin that would allow you to search for the offending bits in your database tables and replace them. http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/search-and-replace/Be careful when you use it though. If you are not too sure what you are doing, you can corrupt your database with this plugin.Assuming that that is where they are. You have bigger problems though ....Page load time: 5.39s Total page size: 1.26MB Total number of requests: 112Work on that while you are at it.

hey buddy thxn for plugin...please tell me how did you get those statistics ...?

 

[Zapdos]

He probably used firebug + yslow.

As for your problem, you need to use urldecode() on them. You can do this using filters.

 

[staycoolmen2006]

He probably used firebug + yslow.As for your problem, you need to use urldecode() on them. You can do this using filters.

please elaborate buddy... i m still struggling to solve this issue.....

 

[judson]

Used this site for the stats

http://gtmetrix.com/

 

[staycoolmen2006]

Used this site for the statshttp://gtmetrix.com/

i use this and got the result...How to use urldecode() ?

 

[judson]

If the problem is not one of database values, and you need to be using urlencode, then you are going to have to fiddle with your theme files, or your functions.php

Here's a start. A similar query ... http://stackoverflow.com/questions/274157/wordpress-php-url-encoding-issue

The very short version is that the bit of your theme/template that is printing out that URL is not encoding it properly. Unfortunately, you are going to get your hands dirty with .php files to figure out where exactly the problem is, and how to then wrap that around the urldecode() function in PHP before outputting that in the pages.

Wordpress however, allows you to add filters. They are basically PHP functions that get triggered at certain points in the page generation. These allow you, either in the functions.php or via plugin, to make changes to your theme's output, without actually touching the rest of your theme. Here's an example.
http://djzone.im/2011/05/wordpress-search-urldecode-bugfix/

Without specifics on the exact functions that your theme is using to generate the pages, any explanation beyond this is not going to be very helpful.