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Decode HTML entities for child task titles#23001

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Feb 18, 2026
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Decode HTML entities for child task titles#23001
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1072-task-list-content-titles-are-displayed-with-encoded-html-entities

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Summary

This PR can be summarized in the following changelog entry:

  • Fixes an unreleased bug where HTML entities would be shown encoded in the child task titles.

Relevant technical choices:

Test instructions

Test instructions for the acceptance test before the PR gets merged

This PR can be acceptance tested by following these steps:

  • Create a post with the following title: Title's bug
    • Make sure to add a keyphrase and content, so it appears in the task list
  • Go to the task list and check the Improve the readability of your content type: Posts task
    • In the child tasks, find the one about the post you created and confirm that the title is shown as Title's bug and not as Title’s bug
  • Go to the task list and check the Improve the SEO of your content type: Posts task
    • In the child tasks, find the one about the post you created and confirm that the title is shown as Title's bug and not as Title’s bug

Relevant test scenarios

  • Changes should be tested with the browser console open
  • Changes should be tested on different posts/pages/taxonomies/custom post types/custom taxonomies
  • Changes should be tested on different editors (Default Block/Gutenberg/Classic/Elementor/other)
  • Changes should be tested on different browsers
  • Changes should be tested on multisite

Test instructions for QA when the code is in the RC

  • QA should use the same steps as above.

Impact check

This PR affects the following parts of the plugin, which may require extra testing:

Other environments

  • This PR also affects Shopify. I have added a changelog entry starting with [shopify-seo], added test instructions for Shopify and attached the Shopify label to this PR.
  • This PR also affects Yoast SEO for Google Docs. I have added a changelog entry starting with [yoast-doc-extension], added test instructions for Yoast SEO for Google Docs and attached the Google Docs Add-on label to this PR.

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  • I have written documentation for this change. For example, comments in the Relevant technical choices, comments in the code, documentation on Confluence / shared Google Drive / Yoast developer portal, or other.

Quality assurance

  • I have tested this code to the best of my abilities.
  • During testing, I had activated all plugins that Yoast SEO provides integrations for.
  • I have added unit tests to verify the code works as intended.
  • If any part of the code is behind a feature flag, my test instructions also cover cases where the feature flag is switched off.
  • I have written this PR in accordance with my team's definition of done.
  • I have checked that the base branch is correctly set.
  • I have run grunt build:images and commited the results, if my PR introduces new images or SVGs.

Innovation

  • No innovation project is applicable for this PR.
  • This PR falls under an innovation project. I have attached the innovation label.
  • I have added my hours to the WBSO document.

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@leonidasmi leonidasmi added this to the feature/task-list-phase-2 milestone Feb 17, 2026
@leonidasmi leonidasmi added the changelog: non-user-facing Needs to be included in the 'Non-userfacing' category in the changelog label Feb 17, 2026
@leonidasmi leonidasmi marked this pull request as ready for review February 17, 2026 11:18
Base automatically changed from 1063-task-list-deal-with-the-remaining-todos-of-phase-2 to feature/task-list-phase-2 February 17, 2026 11:34
@leonidasmi leonidasmi mentioned this pull request Feb 18, 2026
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CR & AC ✅

@vraja-pro vraja-pro merged commit ac40deb into feature/task-list-phase-2 Feb 18, 2026
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@vraja-pro vraja-pro deleted the 1072-task-list-content-titles-are-displayed-with-encoded-html-entities branch February 18, 2026 10:43
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