slug is in random numbers

Hi @silv3rline,

Could you send me the screenshot with your current Permastructure settings (you can find them in “Tools -> Permalink Manager -> Permastructures) and sample default permalink with Arabic letters:

https://permalinkmanager.pro/docs/basics/bulk-edit-custom-permalinks/#3-how-to-preview-new-custom-permalink-format

Please also check what version of the plugin do you use.

Ok, thanks I see it. The problem here is that the post titles are stored inside the database in a HTML-encoded way.

Could you try to decode them to UTF-8 before the post title is sanitized into a slug?

function pm_convert_arabic_entities( $str, $keep_percent_sign, $force_lowercase, $sanitize_slugs ) {
	// Check for HTML entities
	if ( preg_match( '/&#[0-9]+;/', $str ) ) {
		// Convert HTML entities to UTF-8
		$str = html_entity_decode( $str, ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8' );
	}

	return $str;
}
add_filter( 'permalink_manager_pre_sanitize_title', 'pm_convert_arabic_entities', 10, 4 );

The Pro version uses the same code, so unfortunately this will not solve this specific problem.

Actually, if your website uses a child theme, it should be quite easy to add this code snippet:

https://permalinkmanager.pro/blog/how-to-add-php-snippet-to-wordpress-3-methods/#3-how-to-insert-php-code-in-wordpress-without-plugin