[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #53138: Convert special HTML entities in characters in widgets descriptions

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#53138: Convert special HTML entities in characters in widgets descriptions
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 Reporter:  justinahinon      |       Owner:  audrasjb
     Type:  defect (bug)      |      Status:  reopened
 Priority:  normal            |   Milestone:  5.8
Component:  Widgets           |     Version:  trunk
 Severity:  normal            |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch commit  |     Focuses:
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Changes (by SergeyBiryukov):

 * status:  closed => reopened
 * resolution:  fixed =>


Comment:

 Thanks for the patch! However, I don't think [51114] is the correct
 approach here:

 * It does not account for translations. These four widgets are just the
 ones that have entities in their English description, translations may add
 or remove entities, so decoding them only for some of the widgets is not a
 consistent solution.
 * It does not account for custom widgets. Any custom widgets that have
 entities in their description would still run into the same issue.

 If the block editor displays these descriptions somewhere without decoding
 entities first, it should be fixed there, on display, consistently for all
 widgets, and not in the individual widgets' constructors. So I would
 recommend reverting [51114] for now.

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