[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #11311: kses converts ampersands to & in post titles, post content, and more

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#11311: kses converts ampersands to & in post titles, post content, and more
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 Reporter:  Viper007Bond       |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)       |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal             |   Milestone:  Future Release
Component:  Posts, Post Types  |     Version:  2.9
 Severity:  normal             |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  needs-patch        |     Focuses:  administration
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Comment (by anmari):

 Just flagging that this is happens not just for posts and post types but
 for user meta data too.

 A custom add or update_user_meta does not result in an encoded ampersand.

 However due to default filters added (in default-filters.php line 16) ,
 user data like last name DOES have any ampersands escaped.    Admittedly
 not a common occurrence (an ampersand in last name I mean - except for a
 Ke$sha type person perhaps?). The behaviour was flushed out when doing
 some debug on generic user meta queries and searches, when I'd dumped some
 test data into last name.

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