diff --git a/modules/juce_core/text/juce_CharPointer_ASCII.h b/modules/juce_core/text/juce_CharPointer_ASCII.h
index c62f108a4380..41165ddc2e49 100644
--- a/modules/juce_core/text/juce_CharPointer_ASCII.h
+++ b/modules/juce_core/text/juce_CharPointer_ASCII.h
@@ -51,6 +51,13 @@ class CharPointer_ASCII  final
 public:
     using CharType = char;
 
+    // Standard iterator traits for compatibility with STL algorithms
+    using difference_type   = std::ptrdiff_t;
+    using value_type        = juce_wchar;
+    using pointer           = juce_wchar*;
+    using reference         = juce_wchar;  // Returns by value since operator*() decodes to juce_wchar
+    using iterator_category = std::input_iterator_tag;
+
     explicit CharPointer_ASCII (const CharType* rawPointer) noexcept
         : data (const_cast<CharType*> (rawPointer))
     {
diff --git a/modules/juce_core/text/juce_CharPointer_UTF16.h b/modules/juce_core/text/juce_CharPointer_UTF16.h
index 457fa7259885..fbae6b697ab4 100644
--- a/modules/juce_core/text/juce_CharPointer_UTF16.h
+++ b/modules/juce_core/text/juce_CharPointer_UTF16.h
@@ -52,6 +52,13 @@ class CharPointer_UTF16  final
     using CharType = int16;
    #endif
 
+    // Standard iterator traits for compatibility with STL algorithms
+    using difference_type   = std::ptrdiff_t;
+    using value_type        = juce_wchar;
+    using pointer           = juce_wchar*;
+    using reference         = juce_wchar;  // Returns by value since this is a proxy iterator
+    using iterator_category = std::input_iterator_tag;
+
     explicit CharPointer_UTF16 (const CharType* rawPointer) noexcept
         : data (const_cast<CharType*> (rawPointer))
     {
diff --git a/modules/juce_core/text/juce_CharPointer_UTF32.h b/modules/juce_core/text/juce_CharPointer_UTF32.h
index 2eabf0b12c93..0e945f94d93f 100644
--- a/modules/juce_core/text/juce_CharPointer_UTF32.h
+++ b/modules/juce_core/text/juce_CharPointer_UTF32.h
@@ -48,6 +48,13 @@ class CharPointer_UTF32  final
 public:
     using CharType = juce_wchar;
 
+    // Standard iterator traits for compatibility with STL algorithms
+    using difference_type   = std::ptrdiff_t;
+    using value_type        = juce_wchar;
+    using pointer           = juce_wchar*;
+    using reference         = juce_wchar;  // Returns by value for consistency across CharPointer types
+    using iterator_category = std::input_iterator_tag;
+
     explicit CharPointer_UTF32 (const CharType* rawPointer) noexcept
         : data (const_cast<CharType*> (rawPointer))
     {
diff --git a/modules/juce_core/text/juce_CharPointer_UTF8.h b/modules/juce_core/text/juce_CharPointer_UTF8.h
index a13ff2cb7b0f..2d98b8d9c408 100644
--- a/modules/juce_core/text/juce_CharPointer_UTF8.h
+++ b/modules/juce_core/text/juce_CharPointer_UTF8.h
@@ -48,6 +48,13 @@ class CharPointer_UTF8  final
 public:
     using CharType = char;
 
+    // Standard iterator traits for compatibility with STL algorithms
+    using value_type = juce_wchar;
+    using pointer = juce_wchar*;
+    using reference = juce_wchar;  // Note: returns by value since this is a proxy iterator
+    using iterator_category = std::input_iterator_tag;
+    using difference_type = std::ptrdiff_t;
+
     explicit CharPointer_UTF8 (const CharType* rawPointer) noexcept
         : data (const_cast<CharType*> (rawPointer))
     {