My characters appear jumbled or change as I type?

If the text you type appears to change, rewrite itself, or look jumbled while editing your site, this is almost always caused by your browser's translation feature or a translation extension. We have mainly seen this when editing a site in a language other than English. The browser quietly translates the editor text, which makes it look like what you typed is being overwritten.

How to fix it

1. Turn off automatic translation for the Solo editor page. In Chrome, click the translate icon in the address bar (or right-click the page and choose Translate to…), then select Never translate this site.

2. Disable any translation browser extensions, such as Google Translate or ConveyThis, while editing your website.

3. If it still happens, try editing your website in a different browser to confirm.

Your site's actual content is not changed. This only affects how the text appears in your browser while a translator is running.