[wp-hackers] Another bug as a result of markup in titles

[Elliotte Harold]

Jennifer Hodgdon wrote:

> Just a note... If someone proposes a fix for these bugs regarding markup 
> in titles, please do not decide to fix it by stripping any HTML tags 
> from titles before they are saved to the database. Some plugins use fake 
> markup tags in titles and other text for filter indications. So the tags 
> need to be saved along with the other title text, and are then filtered 
> back out by the plugin before echoing into either the admin page or in 
> the public page's HTML.
> 

I think it's simpler than that. I've fixed the bug on my own site simply 
by replacing a few calls to the-title with calls to the_title_rss. No 
pre or postfiltering required. (Presumably the_title_rss already does 
some postfiltering though better documentation would be nice.)

However, I'm now exploring what happens if the plain text contains 
quotes. Stay tuned.

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