Enable HTML tag usage in Jira server text fields
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HTML is disabled by default because it is a potential security risk, as it can contain arbitrary HTML which could potentially make your JIRA system vulnerable to Cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
Purpose
To allow HTML tags in Jira issue for text fields.
Environment
Jira Data Center
Solution
- Go to the page ⚙ > Manage apps > Manage apps
- Select System in the drop down menu
- Browse to the Wiki Renderer Macros Plugin app and click on the item to open it
- Click on the plus sign "+" to open the list of modules from this app
- Hover over the html module and click the enable button that will appear:
HTML can now be added to text fields (or comments) using the tag {html}
- Let's take Jira comments as an example. Here is what needs to be done to add HTML code:
- Open the comment field in Text view, add an opening tag {html}, add the HTML code there, and then add a closing tag {html}
- After the comment is added, the HTML code will be rendered:
- Open the comment field in Text view, add an opening tag {html}, add the HTML code there, and then add a closing tag {html}