You need to encode it so that &lt; becomes < and &gt; is >
If you use them a lot, why not make a Quicktag ?
http://www.tamba2.org.uk/wordpress/quicktags/
Using < is described there.
–Bah.. can’t get it to show right
Thanks for your answer, but I don’t need the < in my admin panel as a Quicktag… I need it in the posts and comments.
That’s what he’s talking about. And depending on how often you use the greater than or less than symbols, you can create a quicktag using the link he provided so all you do is click a button when writing, and it inserts the correct code &lt;
Also, check coffeetocode’s plugins, he’s got a preserve code plugin, may help with what you want also.
http://www.coffee2code.com/wp-plugins/
For comments, you could try altering the Comment Quicktags plugin: http://www.asymptomatic.net/wp-hacks
It’s < for the less than sign… and > for the greater than sign. In fact the lt and gt come from LessThan and GreaterThan … that’s how I remember them.
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Well I tested both Plugins, but they didn’t work properly. I edited the functions-post.php by myself and fixed the problem…