[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #44288: Inconsistent saving of post slug / url field

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#44288: Inconsistent saving of post slug / url field
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 Reporter:  rhurley       |      Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect (bug)  |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  General       |    Version:  4.9.6
 Severity:  normal        |   Keywords:
  Focuses:                |
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 Firstly see the issue I raised on the woocommerce github:
 https://github.com/woocommerce/woocommerce/issues/20285


 I'm trying to use characters such as +, &, * etc in post (in my particular
 case products) urls, but encoded first obviously (e.g. + becomes %2B).

 My process:
 See my process to recreate this issue on the github link.

 The good people over at the woocommerce github have said this is not a
 problem on their end but is actually a problem with the wordpress core, in
 particular how it saves post slugs / urls.

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