Title: [Plugin: SyntaxHighlighter Evolved] Characters being replaced by &lt
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# [Plugin: SyntaxHighlighter Evolved] Characters being replaced by &lt

 *  [bluethen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bluethen/)
 * (@bluethen)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-syntaxhighlighter-evolved/)
 * I’m having the same issue as [jharr0p](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-syntaxhighlighter-evolved-java-brush-displays-lt-for-generic-collection?replies=5)
   was, except I use the html editor the create posts. So it isn’t wordpress’s editor,
   I don’t think.
 * I’m using v3.1.1

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 *  [ashblue](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ashblue/)
 * (@ashblue)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-syntaxhighlighter-evolved/#post-1905861)
 * Either the last WordPress update turned a good chunk of my pre tagged information
   into ASCII HTML codes or this plugin caused the problem. I really don’t know 
   to be quite honest, but right now it looks like this plugin may have been the
   culprit. If somebody has some proof as to what is doing this to people’s WordPress
   installs, please let us know.
 *  [gorlak](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gorlak/)
 * (@gorlak)
 * [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-syntaxhighlighter-evolved/#post-1906161)
 * I am seeing this behavior too. And escaping < in HTML drops an escaped ampersand
   into the block.
 *  [ashblue](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ashblue/)
 * (@ashblue)
 * [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-syntaxhighlighter-evolved/#post-1906162)
 * Haven’t had this issue since my last post. Gorlak, did you recently update the
   plugin?
 *  [gorlak](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gorlak/)
 * (@gorlak)
 * [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-syntaxhighlighter-evolved/#post-1906163)
 * I just started using the plugin with cpp template source code… so I don’t know
   if it ever worked. I am running the latest wordpress and plugin version.

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 * Last reply from: [gorlak](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gorlak/)
 * Last activity: [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-syntaxhighlighter-evolved/#post-1906163)
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