diff --git a/src/addon/mod/wiki/providers/edit-link-handler.ts b/src/addon/mod/wiki/providers/edit-link-handler.ts
index 5c74cb4d7..512c8c65f 100644
--- a/src/addon/mod/wiki/providers/edit-link-handler.ts
+++ b/src/addon/mod/wiki/providers/edit-link-handler.ts
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ export class AddonModWikiEditLinkHandler extends CoreContentLinksHandlerBase {
 
                 let section = '';
                 if (typeof params.section != 'undefined') {
-                    section = this.textUtils.decodeURIComponent(params.section.replace(/\+/g, ' '));
+                    section = params.section.replace(/\+/g, ' ');
                 }
 
                 const pageParams = {
diff --git a/src/providers/utils/url.ts b/src/providers/utils/url.ts
index 70bd15d55..a7b47de34 100644
--- a/src/providers/utils/url.ts
+++ b/src/providers/utils/url.ts
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ export class CoreUrlUtilsProvider {
         }
 
         urlAndHash[0].replace(regex, (match: string, key: string, value: string): string => {
-            params[key] = typeof value != 'undefined' ? value : '';
+            params[key] = typeof value != 'undefined' ? this.textUtils.decodeURIComponent(value) : '';
 
             if (subParams) {
                 params[key] = params[key].replace(subParamsPlaceholder, subParams);