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fix(comments): keep % intact in post titles - #13248

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Trac ticket: https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/37103

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get_comments_number_text() replaces every % with the comments number,
so a title like 'Hello % world' became 'Hello 2 world' in the
comments_popup_link() screen reader text. Escape % in the title with
a __PERCENT__ placeholder when building $more and restore it after
the number substitution.

Trac #37103
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