diff --git a/.changeset/two-cats-vanish.md b/.changeset/two-cats-vanish.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b63ce069a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/two-cats-vanish.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@headstartwp/core": minor
+---
+
+Introduces the `decodeHtmlSpecialChars` function.
diff --git a/docs/documentation/03- Utilities/sanitization.md b/docs/documentation/03- Utilities/sanitization.md
index 53391e990..4baf7138f 100644
--- a/docs/documentation/03- Utilities/sanitization.md	
+++ b/docs/documentation/03- Utilities/sanitization.md	
@@ -55,3 +55,12 @@ import { SafeHtml } from '@headstartwp/core/react';
 <SafeHtml html="<div><p>hello world</p> div content</div>">
 ```
 
+## decodeHtmlSpeciaChars
+
+This function will decode a pre-defined set of html special chars.
+
+```js
+import { decodeHtmlSpeciaChars } from '@headstartwp/core';
+
+decodeHtmlSpeciaChars('Hello world! &#8211; foo bar &#8211');
+```
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/core/src/utils/__tests__/decodeHtmlEntities.ts b/packages/core/src/utils/__tests__/decodeHtmlEntities.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index c19b8bb9f..000000000
--- a/packages/core/src/utils/__tests__/decodeHtmlEntities.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-import { decodeHtmlEntities } from '../decodeHtmlEntities';
-
-describe('decodeHtmlEntities', () => {
-	it('decodes html entities', () => {
-		expect(decodeHtmlEntities('&#8217;Hello&#8217;')).toBe('’Hello’');
-		expect(decodeHtmlEntities('&#8217;Hi &#038; Hello&#8217;')).toBe('’Hi & Hello’');
-		expect(decodeHtmlEntities('&#8220;Hi &#038; Hello&#8221;&#8211;Bye')).toBe(
-			'“Hi & Hello”–Bye',
-		);
-		expect(decodeHtmlEntities('&quot;Hi &amp; Hello&quot;&#8230;Bye')).toBe('"Hi & Hello"…Bye');
-	});
-});
diff --git a/packages/core/src/utils/__tests__/decodeHtmlSpeciaChars.ts b/packages/core/src/utils/__tests__/decodeHtmlSpeciaChars.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f60ead438
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/src/utils/__tests__/decodeHtmlSpeciaChars.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import { decodeHtmlSpeciaChars } from '../decodeHtmlSpeciaChars';
+
+describe('decodeHtmlSpeciaChars', () => {
+	it('decodes html entities', () => {
+		expect(decodeHtmlSpeciaChars('&#8217;Hello&#8217;')).toBe('’Hello’');
+		expect(decodeHtmlSpeciaChars('&#8217;Hi &#038; Hello&#8217;')).toBe('’Hi & Hello’');
+		expect(decodeHtmlSpeciaChars('&#8220;Hi &#038; Hello&#8221;&#8211;Bye')).toBe(
+			'“Hi & Hello”–Bye',
+		);
+		expect(decodeHtmlSpeciaChars('&quot;Hi &amp; Hello&quot;&#8230;Bye')).toBe(
+			'"Hi & Hello"…Bye',
+		);
+
+		expect(decodeHtmlSpeciaChars('&quot;&lt;Hi &amp; Hello&gt;&quot;&#8230;Bye')).toBe(
+			'"<Hi & Hello>"…Bye',
+		);
+	});
+});
diff --git a/packages/core/src/utils/decodeHtmlEntities.ts b/packages/core/src/utils/decodeHtmlSpeciaChars.ts
similarity index 67%
rename from packages/core/src/utils/decodeHtmlEntities.ts
rename to packages/core/src/utils/decodeHtmlSpeciaChars.ts
index 2891da617..99a696741 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/utils/decodeHtmlEntities.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/utils/decodeHtmlSpeciaChars.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 /**
- * Decodes HTML entities
+ * Decodes HTML special chars entities
  *
  * @param text The text we want to decode
  *
  * @returns text with decoded html entities
  */
-export function decodeHtmlEntities(text: string) {
+export function decodeHtmlSpeciaChars(text: string) {
 	if (!text) {
 		return '';
 	}
@@ -18,5 +18,7 @@ export function decodeHtmlEntities(text: string) {
 		.replace(/&#8211;/g, '–')
 		.replace(/&#8230;/g, '…')
 		.replace(/&quot;/g, '"')
-		.replace(/&amp;/g, '&');
+		.replace(/&amp;/g, '&')
+		.replace(/&lt;/g, '<')
+		.replace(/&gt;/g, '>');
 }
diff --git a/packages/core/src/utils/index.ts b/packages/core/src/utils/index.ts
index 19f76606a..0446a8d50 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/utils/index.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/utils/index.ts
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@ export * from './errors';
 export * from './isInternalLink';
 export * from './url';
 export * from './log';
-export * from './decodeHtmlEntities';
+export * from './decodeHtmlSpeciaChars';