Awesome! Thanks for following up and sharing your findings :-)

Best,

Chris

Confirmed: the_title_trim() is the only place that needed to change. I didn't change the method name; just the 'the_title' string that's the first argument in add_filter().

I found out when I installed the new 1.2.0 update and wanted to narrow down what really needed to change.

Hi Chris,

Thanks for your quick reply. Just dropping a line to let you know I solved the problem. Turning the_title() into the_title_attribute() was indeed the answer, as the plugin folks said. In functions.php, in the_title_trim() method, I changed the line...

add_filter('the_title', 'the_title_trim');

...to...

add_filter('the_title_attribute', 'the_title_trim');

I think that's what did the trick.

By the way, on the theme page on ThemeForest, I see my feedback is featured customer review. Very cool!!

Hi there,

As far as I know, HTML is not supported at all in the WordPress title fields. I'm not aware of any method to make that work, so my best suggestion is to search for customizations/ideas posted in the WordPress forums: http://wordpress.org/support

Best,

Chris

HTML tags appear in certain titles, so that on
http://how-to-cook-with-vesna.com/downloads/cooking-with-vesna-cookbook
appears as
<span itemprop="name">Cooking With Vesna: the ebook cookbook</span> - See more at: http://how-to-cook-with-vesna.com/downloads/cooking-with-vesna-cookbook#sthash.NYuM9qDS.dpuf

The post is created by the Easy Digital Downloads plugin. The EDD people say that the solution is to use the_title_attribute() instead of the_title(). Here's their reasoning:
http://pippinsplugins.com/use-the_title-and-the_title_attribute-correctly/
http://sumobi.com/how-to-fix-the-strange-html-markup-in-download-titles/
They says it's because they use Microdata (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microdata_(HTML)) to wrap the title.

I changed it on single.php and everywhere else that seemed reasonable, but the span tag still appears.

I know it's not your plugin, but do you have any ideas? Any thoughts about the_title() versus the_title_attribute()?

Thank you for any advice you might be able to provide -- including alternative recommendations for how to provide digital downloads on my Kitchen Table site!

Vesna