diff --git a/_includes/contacts.html b/_includes/contacts.html
index 1389c30..6a9cef4 100644
--- a/_includes/contacts.html
+++ b/_includes/contacts.html
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 <ul>
     {% for contact in site.data.contacts %}
     <li>
-        <a href="{{ contact.url | strip_newlines | strip_html | strip | normalize_whitespace | relative_url | uri_escape }}" target="_blank">{{ contact.title | strip_newlines | strip_html | strip | normalize_whitespace | smartify | xml_escape }}</a>
+        <a href="{{ contact.url | relative_url | uri_escape }}" target="_blank">{{ contact.title | strip | normalize_whitespace | xml_escape }}</a>
         <span>—</span>
-        <span>{{ contact.description | strip_newlines | strip_html | strip | normalize_whitespace | smartify | xml_escape }}</span>
+        <span>{{ contact.description | strip | normalize_whitespace | xml_escape }}</span>
     </li>
     {% endfor %}
 </ul>
diff --git a/_includes/head.html b/_includes/head.html
index aa6fb4f..e7fe582 100644
--- a/_includes/head.html
+++ b/_includes/head.html
@@ -8,20 +8,20 @@
 
     <!-- Advanced meta tags -->
     {% for tag in site.data.meta_tags %}
-    <meta name="{{ tag.name | strip_newlines | strip_html | strip | normalize_whitespace | smartify | xml_escape }}" content="{{ tag.content | strip_newlines | strip_html | strip | normalize_whitespace | smartify | xml_escape }}" />
+    <meta name="{{ tag.name | strip | normalize_whitespace | xml_escape }}" content="{{ tag.content | strip | normalize_whitespace | xml_escape }}" />
     {% endfor %}
 
     <!-- Open Graph -->
-    <meta property="og:title" content="{{ page.title | default: site.title | strip_newlines | strip_html | strip | normalize_whitespace | smartify | xml_escape }}" />
-    <meta property="og:description" content="{{ page.description | default: site.description | strip_newlines | strip_html | strip | normalize_whitespace | smartify | xml_escape }}" />
+    <meta property="og:title" content="{{ page.title | default: site.title | strip | normalize_whitespace | xml_escape }}" />
+    <meta property="og:description" content="{{ page.description | default: site.description | strip | normalize_whitespace | xml_escape }}" />
     <meta property="og:type" content="{{ page.layout | replace: 'post', 'article' | replace: 'page', 'website' | default: 'website' }}" />
     <meta property="og:image" content="{{ page.image | absolute_url | uri_escape }}" />
     <meta property="og:url" content="{{ page.url | absolute_url | uri_escape }}" />
 
     <!-- Title / Description -->
-    <meta name="application-name" content="{{ page.title | default: site.title | strip_newlines | strip_html | strip | normalize_whitespace | smartify | xml_escape }}" />
-    <meta name="description" content="{{ page.description | default: site.description | strip_newlines | strip_html | strip | normalize_whitespace | smartify | xml_escape }}" />
-    <title>{{ page.title | default: site.title | strip_newlines | strip_html | strip | normalize_whitespace | smartify | xml_escape }}</title>
+    <meta name="application-name" content="{{ page.title | default: site.title | strip | normalize_whitespace | xml_escape }}" />
+    <meta name="description" content="{{ page.description | default: site.description | strip | normalize_whitespace | xml_escape }}" />
+    <title>{{ page.title | default: site.title | strip | normalize_whitespace | xml_escape }}</title>
 
     <!-- CSS -->
     <link rel="stylesheet" href="{{ '/assets/css/styles.css' | relative_url | uri_escape }}" />
diff --git a/_includes/links.html b/_includes/links.html
index e7a2801..8d40d6d 100644
--- a/_includes/links.html
+++ b/_includes/links.html
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 <ul>
     {% for link in site.data.links %}
     <li>
-        <a href="{{ link.url | strip_newlines | strip_html | strip | normalize_whitespace | relative_url | uri_escape }}" target="_blank">{{ link.title | strip_newlines | strip_html | strip | normalize_whitespace | smartify | xml_escape }}</a>
+        <a href="{{ link.url | relative_url | uri_escape }}" target="_blank">{{ link.title | strip | normalize_whitespace | xml_escape }}</a>
         <span>—</span>
-        <span>{{ link.description | strip_newlines | strip_html | strip | normalize_whitespace | smartify | xml_escape }}</span>
+        <span>{{ link.description | strip | normalize_whitespace | xml_escape }}</span>
     </li>
     {% endfor %}
 </ul>
diff --git a/_includes/posts.html b/_includes/posts.html
index fee0c31..4638c9b 100644
--- a/_includes/posts.html
+++ b/_includes/posts.html
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 <ul>
     {% for post in site.posts %}
     <li>
-        <a href="{{ post.url | relative_url | uri_escape }}">{{ post.title | strip_newlines | strip_html | strip | normalize_whitespace | smartify | xml_escape }}</a>
-        (<time datetime="{{ post.date | date_to_xmlschema }}">{{ post.date | date: '%d-%m-%Y' | strip_newlines | strip_html | strip | normalize_whitespace | smartify | xml_escape }}</time>)
+        <a href="{{ post.url | relative_url | uri_escape }}">{{ post.title | strip | normalize_whitespace | xml_escape }}</a>
+        (<time datetime="{{ post.date | date_to_xmlschema }}">{{ post.date | date: '%d-%m-%Y' | strip | normalize_whitespace | xml_escape }}</time>)
     </li>
     {% endfor %}
 </ul>
diff --git a/_layouts/default.html b/_layouts/default.html
index ee363a2..cabcd0b 100644
--- a/_layouts/default.html
+++ b/_layouts/default.html
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ layout: compress
 ---
 
 <!DOCTYPE html>
-<html lang="{{ site.lang | strip_newlines | strip_html | strip | slugify }}">
+<html lang="{{ site.lang | strip | slugify | xml_escape }}">
     {% include head.html %}
 
     <body>
diff --git a/_layouts/page.html b/_layouts/page.html
index 28cdb0f..32c9b9f 100644
--- a/_layouts/page.html
+++ b/_layouts/page.html
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ layout: default
 
 <main class="container">
     <header>
-        <h1>{{ page.title | default: site.title | strip_newlines | strip_html | strip | normalize_whitespace | smartify | xml_escape }}</h1>
+        <h1>{{ page.title | default: site.title | strip | normalize_whitespace | xml_escape }}</h1>
     </header>
 
     {{ content }}
diff --git a/_layouts/post.html b/_layouts/post.html
index 7731828..edbc5b7 100644
--- a/_layouts/post.html
+++ b/_layouts/post.html
@@ -5,15 +5,15 @@ layout: default
 <article class="container">
     <small>
         <span>Published</span>
-        <time datetime="{{ page.date | date_to_xmlschema }}">{{ page.date | date: '%Y-%m-%d' | strip_newlines | strip_html | strip | normalize_whitespace | smartify | xml_escape }}</time>
+        <time datetime="{{ page.date | date_to_xmlschema }}">{{ page.date | date: '%Y-%m-%d' | strip | normalize_whitespace | xml_escape }}</time>
         <span>on</span>
-        <a href="{{ site.url | absolute_url | uri_escape }}" target="_self">{{ site.title | strip_newlines | strip_html | strip | normalize_whitespace | smartify | xml_escape }}</a>
+        <a href="{{ site.url | absolute_url | uri_escape }}" target="_self">{{ site.title | strip | normalize_whitespace | xml_escape }}</a>
         <span>|</span>
         <a href="{{ page.url | absolute_url | uri_escape }}" target="_blank">Permalink</a>
     </small>
 
     <header>
-        <h1>{{ site.title | strip_newlines | strip_html | strip | normalize_whitespace | smartify | xml_escape }}</h1>
+        <h1>{{ site.title | strip | normalize_whitespace | xml_escape }}</h1>
     </header>
 
     {{ content }}