Text to HTML Converter
Turn plain text into clean HTML — wrap paragraphs, convert line breaks and escape special characters.
Paste plain text and get valid HTML markup out the other side. It's the everyday job of turning a block of writing — from a document, an email or a note — into something you can drop into a web page, without hand-wrapping every line in tags. Three toggles let you decide exactly how the conversion behaves, and you copy the finished HTML with one click. Everything runs in your browser.
The three options
Wrap in paragraphs puts each non-empty line inside <p>…</p> tags — the right structure for body copy. Convert line breaks turns newlines into <br> tags, which you'd use for addresses or verse where every line should break exactly where you typed it. Escape special characters converts <, >, & and quotes into HTML entities so your text displays literally instead of being interpreted as markup. Mix and match them to fit the content.
When escaping matters
If your text contains characters that mean something in HTML — a less-than sign, an ampersand, or code samples — leave escape special characters on. Without it, a browser might read <tag> as a real element instead of showing the text. With it, those characters are safely encoded as entities and appear exactly as written. For prose that has no such characters, you can leave escaping off and just wrap paragraphs.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the difference between paragraphs and line breaks?
Paragraph mode wraps each line in <p> tags, adding space between blocks of text. Line-break mode inserts <br> at each newline, keeping lines together with a hard break — better for addresses or poetry.
When should I turn on "escape special characters"?
Whenever your text contains <, >, & or quotes — especially code samples. Escaping converts them to entities so they display as literal characters instead of being parsed as HTML.
Can I use all three options together?
Yes. They are independent checkboxes. A common combination is to escape special characters and wrap paragraphs, which gives safe, well-structured HTML for ordinary text.
Does it generate a full HTML document?
No. It produces just the markup for your text (the paragraphs or line breaks), ready to paste inside the body of an existing page — not a complete document with <html> and <head>.