# RSS Email Body showing HTML tags?

> Issue: RSS Email body shows html tags like this <p> Fix: Need to use Custom RSS Item element in the email builder, and instead of using…

- Source: https://docs.ghlcustomercare.com/docs/marketing/rss-guide/rss-email-body-showing-html-tags
- Section: Marketing / RSS Guide
- Reading time: 1 min
- Images: 3, each explained below

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**Issue:** RSS Email body shows html tags like this <p>

**Fix:** Need to use Custom RSS Item element in the email builder, and instead of using {{rss\_item.content}} use {{{rss\_item.content}}}

## HTML Based RSS Feed

The values returned by the RSS-based custom variable `{{rss_item.title}}` are HTML-escaped. For example, if the expression contains `&`, then the returned HTML-escaped output is generated as `&amp;` or if your RSS Feed has HTML-based text instead of plain text then it will be rendered as plain text.

If you don't want it to escape a value, use the "triple-stash", `{{{`:

Eg: if your RSS feed source is something like this

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![HTML Based RSS Feed (image 1 of 3)](https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.freshdesk.com/data/helpdesk/attachments/production/48158897350/original/jh0m8OZsy48DpFj0I-j42H8lVgfzmFB7Yg.png)

**HTML Based RSS Feed (image 1 of 3)**

This screenshot appears in the "HTML Based RSS Feed" section of "RSS Email Body showing HTML tags?". The text alongside this image reads: Eg: if your RSS feed source is something like this. Immediately after, the guide continues: without "triple-stash" it will render like this.
- What this covers: Eg: if your RSS feed source is something like this
- Next: without "triple-stash" it will render like this

](https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.freshdesk.com/data/helpdesk/attachments/production/48155855360/original/uPxMn189zEmr7WCh_6qYv6DAQ_WrxdccDA.png?1636131880)

without "triple-stash" it will render like this

![HTML Based RSS Feed (image 2 of 3)](https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.freshdesk.com/data/helpdesk/attachments/production/48158897349/original/WrYKfyhcJ5DK5j0lLKBZhA2VMTG80JaNkw.png)

**HTML Based RSS Feed (image 2 of 3)**

This screenshot appears in the "HTML Based RSS Feed" section of "RSS Email Body showing HTML tags?". The text alongside this image reads: without "triple-stash" it will render like this. Immediately after, the guide continues: once you will use "triple-stash" {{{rss_item.content}}} it will render like this.
- What this covers: without "triple-stash" it will render like this
- Next: once you will use "triple-stash" {{{rss_item.content}}} it will render like this

once you will use "triple-stash" `{{{rss_item.content}}}` it will render like this

![HTML Based RSS Feed (image 3 of 3)](https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.freshdesk.com/data/helpdesk/attachments/production/48158897351/original/rxmtzjEm8PqMouDcAVPjKT1IJ7DnYuLEfA.png)

**HTML Based RSS Feed (image 3 of 3)**

This screenshot appears in the "HTML Based RSS Feed" section of "RSS Email Body showing HTML tags?". The text alongside this image reads: once you will use "triple-stash" {{{rss_item.content}}} it will render like this.
- What this covers: once you will use "triple-stash" {{{rss_item.content}}} it will render like this

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