[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #53709: Spaces as <br> in RSS Excerpts

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#53709: Spaces as <br> in RSS Excerpts
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 Reporter:  arskrigitsioniets  |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement        |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal             |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Formatting         |     Version:  5.8
 Severity:  normal             |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                     |     Focuses:
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Changes (by sabernhardt):

 * keywords:  reporter-feedback =>
 * type:  feature request => enhancement
 * component:  Editor => Formatting


Old description:

> **Problem:** if I use RSS block and want to show text exceprts, all <br>
> elements missing. It loos not very good, like missing spaces after some
> sentences. Look at the image, I higlighted palces where is <br> in
> original RSS feed.
>
> [[Image(https://i.imgur.com/P6MsiL6.jpg)]]
> Feed:
> [https://store.steampowered.com/feeds/news/app/1306770/?cc=RU&l=russian&snr=1_2108_4__2107]
>
> **Suggestion:** RSS block should display all <br> as spaces in excerpts.

New description:

 **Problem:** if I use RSS block and want to show text excerpts, all <br>
 elements missing. It looks not very good, like missing spaces after some
 sentences. Look at the image, I highlighted places where is <br> in
 original RSS feed.

 [[Image(https://i.imgur.com/P6MsiL6.jpg)]]
 Feed:
 [https://store.steampowered.com/feeds/news/app/1306770/?cc=RU&l=russian&snr=1_2108_4__2107]

 **Suggestion:** RSS block should display all <br> as spaces in excerpts.

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Comment:

 The `wp_trim_words` function in the
 [https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/blob/7c2fb7cb10421ad9202e2d552dda7abd26e2438b/packages
 /block-library/src/rss/index.php#L69 RSS block] and the
 [https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/trunk/src/wp-
 includes/widgets.php?rev=51391#L1579 classic widget] strips all tags
 before creating the excerpt.

 To replace `br` tags with spaces, would it be good to address that in both
 RSS-related files or within the `wp_trim_words` function itself?

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/53709#comment:1>
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