Anyone who has upgraded to WordPress 3.1 probably notices a new javascript being auto-loaded on their sites. It’s a very simple script that replaces htmlenities with the actual characters they represent.
Since I don’t need this function, and I’d rather not have one additional content to load on my page I wanted to remove this. It’s actually pretty easy to do.
Simply add the following to your theme’s functions.php file.
wp_deregister_script('l10n');If you are using any form of caching, you may need to clear it in order for the change to take effect.