diff --git plugins/FeedsSimplePieParser.inc plugins/FeedsSimplePieParser.inc
index 77caf30..ebbb0e6 100644
--- plugins/FeedsSimplePieParser.inc
+++ plugins/FeedsSimplePieParser.inc
@@ -74,17 +74,17 @@ class FeedsSimplePieParser extends FeedsParser {
     $parser->init();
 
     // Construct the standard form of the parsed feed
-    $batch->title = html_entity_decode(($title = $parser->get_title()) ? $title : $this->createTitle($parser->get_description()));
+    $batch->title = decode_entities(($title = $parser->get_title()) ? $title : $this->createTitle($parser->get_description()));
     $batch->description = $parser->get_description();
-    $batch->link = html_entity_decode($parser->get_link());
+    $batch->link = decode_entities($parser->get_link());
 
     $items_num = $parser->get_item_quantity();
     for ($i = 0; $i < $items_num; $i++) {
       $item = array();
       $simplepie_item = $parser->get_item($i);
-      $item['title'] = html_entity_decode(($title = $simplepie_item->get_title()) ? $title : $this->createTitle($simplepie_item->get_content()));
+      $item['title'] = decode_entities(($title = $simplepie_item->get_title()) ? $title : $this->createTitle($simplepie_item->get_content()));
       $item['description'] = $simplepie_item->get_content();
-      $item['url'] = html_entity_decode($simplepie_item->get_link());
+      $item['url'] = decode_entities($simplepie_item->get_link());
       // Use UNIX time. If no date is defined, fall back to FEEDS_REQUEST_TIME.
       $item['timestamp'] = $simplepie_item->get_date("U");
       if (empty($item['timestamp'])) {
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ class FeedsSimplePieParser extends FeedsParser {
         $item['guid'] = $item['url'];
       }
       $author = $simplepie_item->get_author();
-      $item['author_name'] = isset($author->name) ? html_entity_decode($author->name) : '';
+      $item['author_name'] = isset($author->name) ? decode_entities($author->name) : '';
       $item['author_link'] = isset($author->link) ? $author->link : '';
       $item['author_email'] = isset($author->email) ? $author->email : '';
       // Enclosures