Title: HTML in widget title
Last modified: August 21, 2016
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# HTML in widget title
* [EOSlover](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eoslover/)
* (@eoslover)
* [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/html-in-widget-title/)
* I have searched high and low for some info on adding HTML to the widget titles(
for example A tag or SPAN tag).
* It seems that this feature is not native to WordPress and it has been requested
2 years ago, and nothing happened.
* I dont want a plugin to allow for this functionality, since the functionality
seems pretty basic and straightforward.
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* [aephotos](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aephotos/)
* (@aephotos)
* [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/html-in-widget-title/#post-4170335)
* **YES.**
* This is a simple thing to add, it seems. There are a lot of work behind trying
to get the headings to Look right. Too bad its so hard to do. Have to go in coding
it there. Takes **a lot of time** for the little detail it gives. And while a
plugin that does this usually adds more stuff, still **unnecessary **to me.
* There is another plugin, a premium one, **that gives this functionality** and
a real drag-n-drop editor instead of the current one. Makes it more usable for
clients as well… but still unnecessary for this detail.
* [http://bit.ly/1ayhqHS](http://bit.ly/1ayhqHS)
* [webmystery](https://wordpress.org/support/users/webmystery/)
* (@webmystery)
* [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/html-in-widget-title/#post-4170463)
* Simplest solution – don’t show the real title, and in your main widget text,
create your own title using tags like `` A plugin like Enhanced Text Widget will allow this.
* [crgeary](https://wordpress.org/support/users/crgeary/)
* (@crgeary)
* [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/html-in-widget-title/#post-4170534)
* If your still looking for a solution, try this:
* `remove_filter( 'widget_title', 'esc_html' );`
* By default, WordPress adds the following filters to the **widget_title**:
- wptexturize
- convert_chars
- esc_html
* So you can remove them using the **remove_filter()** function
* [longnha](https://wordpress.org/support/users/longnha/)
* (@longnha)
* [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/html-in-widget-title/#post-4170535)
* [@crgeary](https://wordpress.org/support/users/crgeary/): I tried and it’s not
working!
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* Last reply from: [longnha](https://wordpress.org/support/users/longnha/)
* Last activity: [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/html-in-widget-title/#post-4170535)
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