Post Excerpt: not being able to use inline HTML elements.

[oandregal]

Originally reported in the forums.

What

Inline HTML elements added to the excerpt no longer work in the front-end.

Steps to reproduce

WordPress 6.2: works as expected

Screen.Recording.2024-10-17.at.11.24.32.mov

WordPress 6.3: works in the editor but not in the front-end

Screen.Recording.2024-10-17.at.11.25.28.mov

Environment info

@justintadlock pinpointed it to this PR. I've confirmed that it works in WordPress 6.2 but not in WordPress 6.3.

[oandregal]

cc people involved in #44964 the likely source of the issue: @carolinan @alexstine @mcsf @aristath

[t-hamano]

I think this is the same issue as #49449, which appears to be attempted to resolve by #65209.

[carolinan]

Yes this is a duplicate.