HTML Entity Tool
Instantly encode special characters to HTML entities or decode them back to plain text. A professional tool for web developers and content creators.
What are HTML Entities?
HTML entities are strings that represent characters that have special meaning in HTML, or characters that are not easily typed on a keyboard. For example, the character "<" is used to start a tag and must be encoded as "<" to be displayed as text.
Using entities ensures that your HTML code remains valid and that special characters are rendered correctly across all browsers and devices.
Common Entities
- •& represents the ampersand (&) character.
- •" represents the double quote (") character.
- •© represents the copyright symbol (©).
Web Best Practices
Security First
Encoding user-provided text is a critical step in preventing Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks by ensuring that malicious scripts are not executed by the browser.
Character Sets
While modern UTF-8 encoding handles most characters, using entities for reserved HTML characters remains a best practice for code clarity and safety.