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Case, spaces and hyphens are all ignored.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Curated library<\/strong> \u2013 roughly 1,000 genuinely useful <em>visible<\/em> characters,\norganised into Popular, Arrows, Math, Currency, Punctuation, Greek, Accented\nLetters, Shapes, Technical, Signs and Numbers &amp; Fractions.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Real characters only<\/strong> \u2013 Insert drops a plain Unicode character at the\ncaret. No shortcodes, no wrapper spans, no custom blocks. Deactivate the\nplugin and every symbol you inserted stays exactly as it was.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Favorites &amp; Recently Used<\/strong> \u2013 kept in your browser only (localStorage), no\ndatabase tables, no account.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Keyboard friendly<\/strong> \u2013 full arrow-key navigation, visible focus, Escape to\nclose, proper labels and ARIA roles.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Nothing on the front end<\/strong> \u2013 no scripts, styles, fonts, APIs, analytics or\ntelemetry are ever loaded for your visitors. Assets load only inside the\nblock editor.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>There is no plugin settings page. The symbol picker works directly inside the\nWordPress Block Editor.<\/p>\n\n<p>Version 1.0 focuses on visible Unicode characters useful for everyday writing\nand editing.<\/p>\n\n<!--section=installation-->\n<ol>\n<li>Install and activate the plugin (from <strong>Plugins \u2192 Add New \u2192 Upload Plugin<\/strong>,\nor by uploading the <code>typeanysymbol-unicode-symbol-picker<\/code> folder to\n   \/wp-content\/plugins\/).<\/li>\n<li>Open a post or page using the WordPress Block Editor.<\/li>\n<li>Click inside a Paragraph, Heading, List, Quote, Button, or another supported\ntext field.<\/li>\n<li>Find the <strong>Symbols<\/strong> button in the block text toolbar. Depending on\navailable toolbar space, it may appear directly or inside the toolbar's\n<strong>More<\/strong> menu.<\/li>\n<li>Search for a symbol such as \"copyright\", \"degree\", \"em dash\", \"theta\", or\n\"right arrow\".<\/li>\n<li>Select the character and click <strong>Insert<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The real Unicode character is inserted directly into the content.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<p>There is no plugin settings page. The symbol picker works directly inside the\nWordPress Block Editor.<\/p>\n\n<!--section=faq-->\n<dl>\n<dt id=\"where%20do%20i%20find%20the%20symbol%20picker%3F\"><h3>Where do I find the symbol picker?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>There is no settings page. Edit a post or page in the WordPress Block Editor,\nclick inside a supported text block, and choose <strong>Symbols<\/strong> from the block\ntoolbar (it may be under the toolbar's <strong>More<\/strong> menu when space is tight).<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"does%20this%20plugin%20add%20frontend%20scripts%3F\"><h3>Does this plugin add frontend scripts?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>No. All assets are enqueued exclusively on <code>enqueue_block_editor_assets<\/code>.\nYour site's front end is completely untouched.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"does%20it%20use%20an%20api%3F\"><h3>Does it use an API?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>No. Everything ships with the plugin. It never makes a network request.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"does%20it%20collect%20data%3F\"><h3>Does it collect data?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>No. There is no analytics, no telemetry, no licensing server and no account.\nFavorites and recently-used symbols are stored only in your own browser.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"what%20happens%20when%20i%20deactivate%20it%3F\"><h3>What happens when I deactivate it?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>Nothing changes in your content. 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