Issue with import and special characters

Can the plugin author please reply to this post!

yes..I will make that change permanent in the next update

Ah, great news ??

Will the update make Ampersand display correctly
apples & bananas?

did you try the update?

using 2.67.4
still have apples & a m p ; bananas ??

what is the rss feed?

link

there is nothing in that link that refers to apples or bananas. Also, if you look at that link, the problem exists in the titles of the RSS feed…so you are getting that strange result because that strange result is in the RSS feed.

Thanks for quick reply
Yes I know there are no apples and bananas ??
They were just example words around the issue with & a m p

Ok I see what you’re saying – I’ve just tried your validate button and it says ‘header should not contain html’

I don’t have a lot of choice in that – I’ll try email the feed source originator

However the preview box, on the right of the edit feed source page, correctly displays &

Is that something in WordPress deciding what to do?
thanks again

not sure what you’re saying…are you using the shortcode or the feed to post (and where is the preview box you refer to…on which page?)

Sorry my mistake
It was RSS aggregator that has a preview box on the right

ok it’s obviously a feed issue.
So far embed RSS is the only one Ive found that realises & amp means &
Thanks for your help

I dont think you have changed this yet?

No, he didn’t. There was an update a few weeks ago that just made things worse and turns my carats into &lg and &gt