`tag_escape()` does not follow naming convention.

[peterwilsoncc]

In WordPress, escaping functions generally use the naming convention esc_thing().

The tag_escape() function and it's associated hook do not. Is it worth renaming each to either esc_tag or the more precise esc_html_tag?

There is some ​use within the plugin repository but not a huge amount.

[dingo_d]

I'm for the esc_html_tag option. Would be more precise and in line with the other escaping functions 👍🏼

[SergeyBiryukov]

It looks like tag_escape() was introduced to match attribute_escape(), but then got missed when attribute_escape() was replaced with esc_attr():

• [4656] introduced attribute_escape().
• [7497] introduced tag_escape().
• [11103] turned attribute_escape() into a wrapper for attr().
• [11204] renamed attr() to esc_attr().
• [13096] deprecated attribute_escape() in favor of esc_attr().

I think esc_tag() would be more in line with esc_attr().