Comments: Decode html entities before using them (#1337)

* Comments: Decode html entities before using them

* Changelog

Author: obenland

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 * The Outbox purging routine no longer is limited to deleting 5 items at a time.
 * Undo API for Outbox items.
 * Allow Activities on URLs instead of requiring Activity-Objects. This is useful especially for sending Announces and Likes.
+* Ellipses now display correctly in notification emails for Likes and Reposts.
 
 ## [5.2.0] - 2025-02-13
 

includes/class-comment.php

@@ -655,7 +655,7 @@ public static function register_comment_types() {
 				'type'           => 'repost',
 				'collection'     => 'reposts',
 				'activity_types' => array( 'announce' ),
-				'excerpt'        => __( '… reposted this!', 'activitypub' ),
+				'excerpt'        => html_entity_decode( \__( '… reposted this!', 'activitypub' ) ),
 				/* translators: %d: Number of reposts */
 				'count_single'   => _x( '%d repost', 'number of reposts', 'activitypub' ),
 				/* translators: %d: Number of reposts */
@@ -674,7 +674,7 @@ public static function register_comment_types() {
 				'type'           => 'like',
 				'collection'     => 'likes',
 				'activity_types' => array( 'like' ),
-				'excerpt'        => __( '… liked this!', 'activitypub' ),
+				'excerpt'        => html_entity_decode( \__( '… liked this!', 'activitypub' ) ),
 				/* translators: %d: Number of likes */
 				'count_single'   => _x( '%d like', 'number of likes', 'activitypub' ),
 				/* translators: %d: Number of likes */

readme.txt

@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ For reasons of data protection, it is not possible to see the followers of other
 * Changed: Outbox now precesses the first batch of followers right away to avoid delays in processing new Activities.
 * Fixed: The Outbox purging routine no longer is limited to deleting 5 items at a time.
 * Fixed an issue where the outbox could not send object types other than `Base_Object` (introduced in 5.0.0).
+* Fixed: Ellipses now display correctly in notification emails for Likes and Reposts.
 
 = 5.2.0 =