WordPress Allow HTML in Author Bio
By default, WordPress filters out any markup included in the description (bio) of user profiles. Here is a code snippet to allow HTML in author bios.
Very simple, just add the following code to your plugin or theme’s functions.php
file:
remove_filter('pre_user_description', 'wp_filter_kses');
What this does is use remove_filter()
to disable the wp_filter_kses
filter from the user description. Once included, this code will let you or any user add markup to their profile description.