WordPress does not allow HTML tags in the Name field of Links (blogroll)

[CRCulver]

In WordPress 4.9.2, when creating a Link (i.e. the blogroll feature) it is not possible to wrap HTML tags around the text in the Name field: WordPress will simply display those HTML tags escaped on the website.

Being able to add HTML tags around the Name text is important because it allows specifying foreign-language names with the <span lang="XX"> tag for the sake of accessibility (screenreaders etc.) and semantic markup. My blog, for example, is in English, but some of the blogs linked to in my blogroll have foreign-language titles.

WordPress already allows adding tags like <span lang="XX"> in the Title field of new blog posts, presumably for precisely this purpose, so this feature should be made available to the Links editor as well.

[mdifelice]

Hi @swissspidy, it would not achieve the same effect if you include the lang attribute in the A tag that prints the link?

[swissspidy]

Why do you ask me? :-) I merely fixed the spelling in the ticket.

<a href="…" lang="xy">…</a> is totally fine. You don't need an additional <span> inside a link.

Note that the blogroll feature in WordPress is deprecated and as such I don't really see a point in making any changes to it. People are encouraged to use custom nav menus as they are much more flexible.

[mdifelice]

Sorry @swissspidy. I meant @CRCulver.