WordPress Daily Routine

Characters like ‘<’, ‘>’, or quotes appear as entities (e.g., <, ") on the frontend.

HTML Entities Show in Content

Key Points: Angle brackets, quotes, and special characters show up encoded — not as expected text.

You try to add some example code or quotation — but instead of the real character, WordPress displays < or ". Your content reads like raw HTML.

🚫 Why It Happens

• Editor or plugin double-encodes special characters
• Manual use of entities inside Code or HTML block
• Theme uses esc_html() where wp_kses_post() would suffice

🛠️ Fix Suggestions

1. Use <pre> or Code blocks for actual code snippets
2. Switch to HTML view to confirm if characters are encoded twice
3. Modify template output if encoding is too aggressive

📎 Tip

If users need to input content with symbols, build a UI that handles encoding clearly and intentionally.