Is there a way of adding <strong> tags in WordPress’s description/tagline area

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1. The option is run through a filter that replaces HTML entities, so even if you were to run a filter on that option(which is possible), WordPress replaces the HTML entities, meaning HTML wouldn’t work…

   For example, add this code and watch what happens.

   add_filter( 'option_blogdescription', 'html_blog_description' );
   function html_blog_description( $option_value ) {
       $option_value = '<strong>Test text </strong>'. $option_value;
       return $option_value;
   }
   

   There aren’t any hooks i can see that specifically deal with this option and convert the entities, else i’d have ideas about unhooking that action from the description.

   I think the only solution you really have is to run str_replace over your calls to fecth the blog description. This would mean updating all your calls for bloginfo( 'description' ) with a rountine that performs string replacement on the content.

   eg.

   $description = str_replace(' web ','<strong> web </strong>',get_bloginfo('description'));
   echo $description;
   

   Sure it’s not ideal, but i can’t currently see a more elegant way(though i’d be happy for someone to prove me wrong).

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2. You could just change it in your stylesheet.

   #tagline {font-weight: bold;}
   

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3. Use html_entity_decode combined with get_bloginfo (instead of bloginfo). So replace:

       <?php bloginfo( 'description' ); ?>
   

   By:

       <?php echo html_entity_decode( get_bloginfo( 'description' ) ); ?>
   

   Note: Tested on WordPress 3.8.1.

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