Title: FeedWordPress not decoding CDATA html to correct characters
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# FeedWordPress not decoding CDATA html to correct characters

 *  [clemeric](https://wordpress.org/support/users/clemeric/)
 * (@clemeric)
 * [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/feedwordpress-not-decoding-cdata-html-to-correct-characters/)
 * Hi
 * Any reason why the following content from the source feed is imported “as-is”
   by FeedWordPress and not converted to the associated characters. Example < should
   become <
 * RSS FEED snippet:
 * <content type=”html”><![CDATA[<p>In that friendly international – played at the
   then Super Stadium on January 27, 2009 – won 1-0 by Bafana courtesy of Teko Modiseâ
   €™s 57th minute strike, Itumeleng Khune kept goals while Siboniso Gaxa, Bongani
   Khumalo, Kagisho Dikgacoi, Siphiwe Tshabalala and Katlego Mashego also played.
   </p>
 * Post content:
    <p>In that friendly international – played at the then Super Stadium
   on January 27, 2009 – won 1-0 by
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 * Last reply from: [clemeric](https://wordpress.org/support/users/clemeric/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/feedwordpress-not-decoding-cdata-html-to-correct-characters/)
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