I have used the Nicer Permalinks for Vietnamese code to force my BuddyPress permalinks to show in Roman characters rather than Thai characters, because BuddyPress does not allow %post_id% in its permalink structure as far as I can tell. The Thai characters which automatically appeared in the permalink on the post page were a problem for my translation plugin (Transposh). Since I have multiple Thai authors on my site, I could not be sure they would always change the peramlink to Roman characters. If they forgot, their post would result in a broken link. So I just substituted random Roman characters for Thai in this script, and wanted to share in case anyone else was having the same problem.

Please note:
1. This is NOT a phonetic transcription of the Thai letters; it is simply a hack to allow my BuddyPress permalinks to automatically display Roman characters because the Thai characters were confusing my translation plugin.
2. I left the Vietnamese characters in the code.
3. To use, simple install the Nicer Permalinks for Vietnamese plugin and copy below code over the existing code in the nicer-permalinks-for-vietnamese/np4v.php page in WordPress’s plugin editor.

Best wishes!

<?php
/*
Plugin Name: Nicer permalinks for Vietnamese
Plugin URI: https://onetruebrace.com/nicer-permalinks-for-vietnamese
Description: A simple plugin to remove Vietnamese accents from permalinks
Author: Quang Anh Do
Version: 1.0
Author URI: https://onetruebrace.com
Modified for using Thai script in permalinks on BuddyPress: August 4, 2010
*/

function qad_remove_accents($string) {
$trans = array(
‘?’=>’a’,’?’=>’b’,’?’=>’c’,’?’=>’d’,’?’=>’e’,’?’=>’f’,’?’=>’g’,’?’=>’h’,’?’=>’i’,’?’=>’j’,’?’=>’k’,’?’=>’l’,’?’=>’m’,’?’=>’n’,’?’=>’o’,
‘?’=>’p’,’?’=>’q’,’?’=>’r’,’?’=>’s’,’?’=>’t’,’?’=>’u’,’?’=>’v’,’?’=>’w’,’?’=>’x’,’?’=>’y’,’?’=>’z’,’?’=>’aa’,’?’=>’ab’,’?’=>’ac’,
‘?’=>’ad’,’?’=>’ae’,’?’=>’af’,’?’=>’ag’,’?’=>’ah’,’?’=>’ai’,’?’=>’aj’,’?’=>’ak’,’?’=>’al’,’?’=>’am’,’?’=>’an’,’?’=>’ao’,’?’=>’ap’,’?’=>’aq’,
‘?’=>’ar’,’?’=>’as’,’?’=>’at’,’?’=>’au’,’?’=>’av’,’?’=>’aw’,’?’=>’ax’,’?’=>’ay’,’?’=>’az’,
‘?’=>’ba’,’?’=>’bb’,’?’=>’bc’,’?’=>’bd’,’?’=>’be’,’?’=>’bf’,’,?’=>’bg’,’?’=>’bh’,’?’=>’bi’,’?’=>’bj’,’?’=>’bk’,’?’=>’bl’,’?’=>’bm’,’?’=>’bn’,
‘?’=>’bo’,’?’=>’bp’,’?’=>’bq’,’?’=>’br’,’?’=>’bs’,’?’=>’bt’,’?’=>’bu’,’?’=>’bv’,’?’=>’bw’,’?’=>’bx’,’?’=>’0′,’?’=>’1′,’?’=>’2′,’?’=>’3′,’?’=>’4′,
‘?’=>’5′,’?’=>’6′,’?’=>’7′,’?’=>’8′,’?’=>’9′,’?’=>’by’,’?’=>’bz’,
‘à’=>’a’,’á’=>’a’,’?’=>’a’,’?’=>’a’,’?’=>’a’,
‘?’=>’a’,’?’=>’a’,’?’=>’a’,’?’=>’a’,’?’=>’a’,’?’=>’a’,
‘a’=>’a’,’?’=>’a’,’?’=>’a’,’?’=>’a’,’?’=>’a’,’?’=>’a’,
‘à’=>’a’,’á’=>’a’,’?’=>’a’,’?’=>’a’,’?’=>’a’,
‘?’=>’a’,’?’=>’a’,’?’=>’a’,’?’=>’a’,’?’=>’a’,’?’=>’a’,
‘?’=>’a’,’?’=>’a’,’?’=>’a’,’?’=>’a’,’?’=>’a’,’?’=>’a’,
‘?’=>’d’,’?’=>’d’,
‘è’=>’e’,’é’=>’e’,’?’=>’e’,’?’=>’e’,’?’=>’e’,
‘ê’=>’e’,’?’=>’e’,’?’=>’e’,’?’=>’e’,’?’=>’e’,’?’=>’e’,
‘è’=>’e’,’é’=>’e’,’?’=>’e’,’?’=>’e’,’?’=>’e’,
‘ê’=>’e’,’?’=>’e’,’?’=>’e’,’?’=>’e’,’?’=>’e’,’?’=>’e’,
‘ì’=>’i’,’í’=>’i’,’?’=>’i’,’?’=>’i’,’?’=>’i’,
‘ì’=>’i’,’í’=>’i’,’?’=>’i’,’?’=>’i’,’?’=>’i’,
‘ò’=>’o’,’ó’=>’o’,’?’=>’o’,’?’=>’o’,’?’=>’o’,
‘?’=>’o’,’?’=>’o’,’?’=>’o’,’?’=>’o’,’?’=>’o’,’?’=>’o’,
‘?’=>’o’,’?’=>’o’,’?’=>’o’,’?’=>’o’,’?’=>’o’,’?’=>’o’,
‘ò’=>’o’,’ó’=>’o’,’?’=>’o’,’?’=>’o’,’?’=>’o’,
‘?’=>’o’,’?’=>’o’,’?’=>’o’,’?’=>’o’,’?’=>’o’,’?’=>’o’,
‘?’=>’o’,’?’=>’o’,’?’=>’o’,’?’=>’o’,’?’=>’o’,’?’=>’o’,
‘ù’=>’u’,’ú’=>’u’,’?’=>’u’,’?’=>’u’,’?’=>’u’,
‘?’=>’u’,’?’=>’u’,’?’=>’u’,’?’=>’u’,’?’=>’u’,’?’=>’u’,
‘ù’=>’u’,’ú’=>’u’,’?’=>’u’,’?’=>’u’,’?’=>’u’,
‘?’=>’u’,’?’=>’u’,’?’=>’u’,’?’=>’u’,’?’=>’u’,’?’=>’u’,
‘?’=>’y’,’y’=>’y’,’?’=>’y’,’?’=>’y’,’?’=>’y’,
‘Y’=>’y’,’?’=>’y’,’Y’=>’y’,’?’=>’y’,’?’=>’y’,’?’=>’y’
);
return strtr($string, $trans);
}

add_filter(‘sanitize_title’, ‘qad_remove_accents’, 1);

?>

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