Deprecated wp_specialchars() in favor of…

Deprecated wp_specialchars() in favor of esc_html() (also: esc_html__() and esc_html_e()). Using wp_specialchars() with more than one param works for backwards compat. Also, esc_html() (or wp_specialchars() with one param) escapes quotes, just like esc_attr(). This buys security for pluginPlugin A plugin is a piece of software containing a group of functions that can be added to a WordPress website. They can extend functionality or add new features to your WordPress websites. WordPress plugins are written in the PHP programming language and integrate seamlessly with WordPress. These can be free in the WordPress.org Plugin Directory https://wordpress.org/plugins/ or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party authors who were mistakenly using a one-param wp_specialchars() call in an HTMLHTML HyperText Markup Language. The semantic scripting language primarily used for outputting content in web browsers. attribute. See this wp-hackers message for more detail.

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