diff --git a/include/api.php b/include/api.php
index 67df83fe14..013d47fe23 100644
--- a/include/api.php
+++ b/include/api.php
@@ -2604,13 +2604,12 @@ function api_format_messages($item, $recipient, $sender)
 	if (x($_GET, 'getText')) {
 		$ret['title'] = $item['title'];
 		if ($_GET['getText'] == 'html') {
-			$ret['text'] = bbcode($item['body'], false, false);
+			$ret['text'] = BBCode::convert($item['body'], false);
 		} elseif ($_GET['getText'] == 'plain') {
-			//$ret['text'] = html2plain(bbcode($item['body'], false, false, true), 0);
-			$ret['text'] = trim(html2plain(bbcode(api_clean_plain_items($item['body']), false, false, 2, true), 0));
+			$ret['text'] = trim(html2plain(BBCode::convert(api_clean_plain_items($item['body']), false, 2, true), 0));
 		}
 	} else {
-		$ret['text'] = $item['title'] . "\n" . html2plain(bbcode(api_clean_plain_items($item['body']), false, false, 2, true), 0);
+		$ret['text'] = $item['title'] . "\n" . html2plain(BBCode::convert(api_clean_plain_items($item['body']), false, 2, true), 0);
 	}
 	if (x($_GET, 'getUserObjects') && $_GET['getUserObjects'] == 'false') {
 		unset($ret['sender']);
@@ -2632,7 +2631,7 @@ function api_convert_item($item)
 	$attachments = api_get_attachments($body);
 
 	// Workaround for ostatus messages where the title is identically to the body
-	$html = bbcode(api_clean_plain_items($body), false, false, 2, true);
+	$html = BBCode::convert(api_clean_plain_items($body), false, 2, true);
 	$statusbody = trim(html2plain($html, 0));
 
 	// handle data: images
@@ -2650,7 +2649,7 @@ function api_convert_item($item)
 		$statustext = substr($statustext, 0, 1000)."... \n".$item["plink"];
 	}
 
-	$statushtml = bbcode(api_clean_attachments($body), false, false);
+	$statushtml = BBCode::convert(api_clean_attachments($body), false);
 
 	// Workaround for clients with limited HTML parser functionality
 	$search = ["<br>", "<blockquote>", "</blockquote>",
@@ -2664,7 +2663,7 @@ function api_convert_item($item)
 	$statushtml = str_replace($search, $replace, $statushtml);
 
 	if ($item['title'] != "") {
-		$statushtml = "<br><h4>" . bbcode($item['title']) . "</h4><br>" . $statushtml;
+		$statushtml = "<br><h4>" . BBCode::convert($item['title']) . "</h4><br>" . $statushtml;
 	}
 
 	do {
@@ -2682,7 +2681,7 @@ function api_convert_item($item)
 
 	// feeds without body should contain the link
 	if (($item['network'] == NETWORK_FEED) && (strlen($item['body']) == 0)) {
-		$statushtml .= bbcode($item['plink']);
+		$statushtml .= BBCode::convert($item['plink']);
 	}
 
 	$entities = api_get_entitities($statustext, $body);
@@ -3053,18 +3052,18 @@ function api_format_items_profiles($profile_row)
 		'religion'         => $profile_row['religion'],
 		'public_keywords'  => $profile_row['pub_keywords'],
 		'private_keywords' => $profile_row['prv_keywords'],
-		'likes'            => bbcode(api_clean_plain_items($profile_row['likes'])    , false, false, 2, false),
-		'dislikes'         => bbcode(api_clean_plain_items($profile_row['dislikes']) , false, false, 2, false),
-		'about'            => bbcode(api_clean_plain_items($profile_row['about'])    , false, false, 2, false),
-		'music'            => bbcode(api_clean_plain_items($profile_row['music'])    , false, false, 2, false),
-		'book'             => bbcode(api_clean_plain_items($profile_row['book'])     , false, false, 2, false),
-		'tv'               => bbcode(api_clean_plain_items($profile_row['tv'])       , false, false, 2, false),
-		'film'             => bbcode(api_clean_plain_items($profile_row['film'])     , false, false, 2, false),
-		'interest'         => bbcode(api_clean_plain_items($profile_row['interest']) , false, false, 2, false),
-		'romance'          => bbcode(api_clean_plain_items($profile_row['romance'])  , false, false, 2, false),
-		'work'             => bbcode(api_clean_plain_items($profile_row['work'])     , false, false, 2, false),
-		'education'        => bbcode(api_clean_plain_items($profile_row['education']), false, false, 2, false),
-		'social_networks'  => bbcode(api_clean_plain_items($profile_row['contact'])  , false, false, 2, false),
+		'likes'            => BBCode::convert(api_clean_plain_items($profile_row['likes'])    , false, 2),
+		'dislikes'         => BBCode::convert(api_clean_plain_items($profile_row['dislikes']) , false, 2),
+		'about'            => BBCode::convert(api_clean_plain_items($profile_row['about'])    , false, 2),
+		'music'            => BBCode::convert(api_clean_plain_items($profile_row['music'])    , false, 2),
+		'book'             => BBCode::convert(api_clean_plain_items($profile_row['book'])     , false, 2),
+		'tv'               => BBCode::convert(api_clean_plain_items($profile_row['tv'])       , false, 2),
+		'film'             => BBCode::convert(api_clean_plain_items($profile_row['film'])     , false, 2),
+		'interest'         => BBCode::convert(api_clean_plain_items($profile_row['interest']) , false, 2),
+		'romance'          => BBCode::convert(api_clean_plain_items($profile_row['romance'])  , false, 2),
+		'work'             => BBCode::convert(api_clean_plain_items($profile_row['work'])     , false, 2),
+		'education'        => BBCode::convert(api_clean_plain_items($profile_row['education']), false, 2),
+		'social_networks'  => BBCode::convert(api_clean_plain_items($profile_row['contact'])  , false, 2),
 		'homepage'         => $profile_row['homepage'],
 		'users'            => null
 	];
diff --git a/include/bb2diaspora.php b/include/bb2diaspora.php
index c1c9fa4c3d..7e20037a0b 100644
--- a/include/bb2diaspora.php
+++ b/include/bb2diaspora.php
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ function bb2diaspora($Text, $preserve_nl = false, $fordiaspora = true) {
 
 	// Convert it to HTML - don't try oembed
 	if ($fordiaspora) {
-		$Text = bbcode($Text, $preserve_nl, false, 3);
+		$Text = BBCode::convert($Text, false, 3);
 
 		// Add all tags that maybe were removed
 		if (preg_match_all("/#\[url\=([$URLSearchString]*)\](.*?)\[\/url\]/ism", $OriginalText, $tags)) {
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ function bb2diaspora($Text, $preserve_nl = false, $fordiaspora = true) {
 			$Text = $Text." ".$tagline;
 		}
 	} else {
-		$Text = bbcode($Text, $preserve_nl, false, 4);
+		$Text = BBCode::convert($Text, false, 4);
 	}
 
 	// mask some special HTML chars from conversation to markdown
diff --git a/include/enotify.php b/include/enotify.php
index 2b8c36e257..2b6eec576c 100644
--- a/include/enotify.php
+++ b/include/enotify.php
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
  * @file include/enotify.php
  */
 
+use Friendica\Content\Text\BBCode;
 use Friendica\Core\Addon;
 use Friendica\Core\Config;
 use Friendica\Core\L10n;
@@ -448,7 +449,7 @@ function notification($params)
 		$datarray = [];
 		$datarray['hash']  = $hash;
 		$datarray['name']  = $params['source_name'];
-		$datarray['name_cache'] = strip_tags(bbcode($params['source_name']));
+		$datarray['name_cache'] = strip_tags(BBCode::convert($params['source_name']));
 		$datarray['url']   = $params['source_link'];
 		$datarray['photo'] = $params['source_photo'];
 		$datarray['date']  = DateTimeFormat::utcNow();
@@ -519,7 +520,7 @@ function notification($params)
 
 		$itemlink = System::baseUrl().'/notify/view/'.$notify_id;
 		$msg = replace_macros($epreamble, ['$itemlink' => $itemlink]);
-		$msg_cache = format_notification_message($datarray['name_cache'], strip_tags(bbcode($msg)));
+		$msg_cache = format_notification_message($datarray['name_cache'], strip_tags(BBCode::convert($msg)));
 		q("UPDATE `notify` SET `msg` = '%s', `msg_cache` = '%s' WHERE `id` = %d AND `uid` = %d",
 			dbesc($msg),
 			dbesc($msg_cache),
@@ -567,9 +568,9 @@ function notification($params)
 		}
 
 		// textversion keeps linebreaks
-		$textversion = strip_tags(str_replace("<br>", "\n", html_entity_decode(bbcode(stripslashes(str_replace(["\\r\\n", "\\r", "\\n"], "\n",
+		$textversion = strip_tags(str_replace("<br>", "\n", html_entity_decode(BBCode::convert(stripslashes(str_replace(["\\r\\n", "\\r", "\\n"], "\n",
 			$body))),ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8')));
-		$htmlversion = html_entity_decode(bbcode(stripslashes(str_replace(["\\r\\n", "\\r", "\\n\\n", "\\n"],
+		$htmlversion = html_entity_decode(BBCode::convert(stripslashes(str_replace(["\\r\\n", "\\r", "\\n\\n", "\\n"],
 			"<br />\n", $body))), ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8');
 
 		$datarray = [];
diff --git a/include/event.php b/include/event.php
index cce2a98cc0..c86ba732b8 100644
--- a/include/event.php
+++ b/include/event.php
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
  */
 
 use Friendica\Content\Feature;
+use Friendica\Content\Text\BBCode;
 use Friendica\Core\Addon;
 use Friendica\Core\L10n;
 use Friendica\Core\PConfig;
@@ -38,9 +39,9 @@ function format_event_html($ev, $simple = false) {
 	);
 
 	if ($simple) {
-		$o = "<h3>" . bbcode($ev['summary']) . "</h3>";
+		$o = "<h3>" . BBCode::convert($ev['summary']) . "</h3>";
 
-		$o .= "<div>" . bbcode($ev['desc']) . "</div>";
+		$o .= "<div>" . BBCode::convert($ev['desc']) . "</div>";
 
 		$o .= "<h4>" . L10n::t('Starts:') . "</h4><p>" . $event_start . "</p>";
 
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ function format_event_html($ev, $simple = false) {
 
 	$o = '<div class="vevent">' . "\r\n";
 
-	$o .= '<div class="summary event-summary">' . bbcode($ev['summary']) . '</div>' . "\r\n";
+	$o .= '<div class="summary event-summary">' . BBCode::convert($ev['summary']) . '</div>' . "\r\n";
 
 	$o .= '<div class="event-start"><span class="event-label">' . L10n::t('Starts:') . '</span>&nbsp;<span class="dtstart" title="'
 		. DateTimeFormat::utc($ev['start'], (($ev['adjust']) ? DateTimeFormat::ATOM : 'Y-m-d\TH:i:s' ))
@@ -71,11 +72,11 @@ function format_event_html($ev, $simple = false) {
 			. '</span></div>' . "\r\n";
 	}
 
-	$o .= '<div class="description event-description">' . bbcode($ev['desc']) . '</div>' . "\r\n";
+	$o .= '<div class="description event-description">' . BBCode::convert($ev['desc']) . '</div>' . "\r\n";
 
 	if (strlen($ev['location'])) {
 		$o .= '<div class="event-location"><span class="event-label">' . L10n::t('Location:') . '</span>&nbsp;<span class="location">'
-			. bbcode($ev['location'])
+			. BBCode::convert($ev['location'])
 			. '</span></div>' . "\r\n";
 
 		// Include a map of the location if the [map] BBCode is used.
@@ -610,15 +611,15 @@ function process_events($arr) {
 				$drop = [System::baseUrl() . '/events/drop/' . $rr['id'], L10n::t('Delete event'), '', ''];
 			}
 
-			$title = strip_tags(html_entity_decode(bbcode($rr['summary']), ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8'));
+			$title = strip_tags(html_entity_decode(BBCode::convert($rr['summary']), ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8'));
 			if (! $title) {
-				list($title, $_trash) = explode("<br", bbcode($rr['desc']), 2);
+				list($title, $_trash) = explode("<br", BBCode::convert($rr['desc']), 2);
 				$title = strip_tags(html_entity_decode($title, ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8'));
 			}
 
 			$html = format_event_html($rr);
-			$rr['desc'] = bbcode($rr['desc']);
-			$rr['location'] = bbcode($rr['location']);
+			$rr['desc'] = BBCode::convert($rr['desc']);
+			$rr['location'] = BBCode::convert($rr['location']);
 			$events[] = [
 				'id'     => $rr['id'],
 				'start'  => $start,
diff --git a/include/text.php b/include/text.php
index ca88091d4f..ee5d4763ef 100644
--- a/include/text.php
+++ b/include/text.php
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ use Friendica\App;
 use Friendica\Content\ContactSelector;
 use Friendica\Content\Feature;
 use Friendica\Content\Smilies;
+use Friendica\Content\Text\BBCode;
 use Friendica\Core\Addon;
 use Friendica\Core\Config;
 use Friendica\Core\L10n;
@@ -15,7 +16,7 @@ use Friendica\Core\System;
 use Friendica\Database\DBM;
 use Friendica\Model\Item;
 use Friendica\Model\Profile;
-use Friendica\Model\Term;
+use Friendica\Render\FriendicaSmarty;
 use Friendica\Util\DateTimeFormat;
 use Friendica\Util\Map;
 
@@ -1427,9 +1428,9 @@ function prepare_text($text) {
 	require_once 'include/bbcode.php';
 
 	if (stristr($text, '[nosmile]')) {
-		$s = bbcode($text);
+		$s = BBCode::convert($text);
 	} else {
-		$s = Smilies::replace(bbcode($text));
+		$s = Smilies::replace(BBCode::convert($text));
 	}
 
 	return trim($s);
diff --git a/mod/babel.php b/mod/babel.php
index 3b4fb5bf2b..683bc5fed1 100644
--- a/mod/babel.php
+++ b/mod/babel.php
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 /**
  * @file mod/babel.php
  */
+
+use Friendica\Content\Text\BBCode;
 use Friendica\Content\Text\Markdown;
 use Friendica\Core\L10n;
 
@@ -37,7 +39,7 @@ function babel_content()
 		$o .= '<h2>' . L10n::t('Source input: ') . '</h2>' . EOL . EOL;
 		$o .= visible_lf($text) . EOL . EOL;
 
-		$html = bbcode($text);
+		$html = BBCode::convert($text);
 		$o .= '<h2>' . L10n::t("bbcode \x28raw HTML\x28: ") . '</h2>' . EOL . EOL;
 		$o .= htmlspecialchars($html) . EOL . EOL;
 
diff --git a/mod/contacts.php b/mod/contacts.php
index 3f7eb342b1..09090e541a 100644
--- a/mod/contacts.php
+++ b/mod/contacts.php
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 use Friendica\App;
 use Friendica\Content\ContactSelector;
 use Friendica\Content\Nav;
+use Friendica\Content\Text\BBCode;
 use Friendica\Content\Widget;
 use Friendica\Core\Addon;
 use Friendica\Core\L10n;
@@ -646,11 +647,11 @@ function contacts_content(App $a)
 			'$profileurllabel' => L10n::t('Profile URL'),
 			'$profileurl' => $contact['url'],
 			'$account_type' => Contact::getAccountType($contact),
-			'$location' => bbcode($contact["location"]),
+			'$location' => BBCode::convert($contact["location"]),
 			'$location_label' => L10n::t("Location:"),
-			'$xmpp' => bbcode($contact["xmpp"]),
+			'$xmpp' => BBCode::convert($contact["xmpp"]),
 			'$xmpp_label' => L10n::t("XMPP:"),
-			'$about' => bbcode($contact["about"], false, false),
+			'$about' => BBCode::convert($contact["about"], false),
 			'$about_label' => L10n::t("About:"),
 			'$keywords' => $contact["keywords"],
 			'$keywords_label' => L10n::t("Tags:"),
diff --git a/mod/display.php b/mod/display.php
index eb196b0979..1e1515f10f 100644
--- a/mod/display.php
+++ b/mod/display.php
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
  */
 
 use Friendica\App;
+use Friendica\Content\Text\BBCode;
 use Friendica\Core\Config;
 use Friendica\Core\L10n;
 use Friendica\Core\Protocol;
@@ -368,8 +369,8 @@ function display_content(App $a, $update = false, $update_uid = 0) {
 	// Preparing the meta header
 	require_once 'include/bbcode.php';
 	require_once 'include/html2plain.php';
-	$description = trim(html2plain(bbcode($s[0]["body"], false, false), 0, true));
-	$title = trim(html2plain(bbcode($s[0]["title"], false, false), 0, true));
+	$description = trim(html2plain(BBCode::convert($s[0]["body"], false), 0, true));
+	$title = trim(html2plain(BBCode::convert($s[0]["title"], false), 0, true));
 	$author_name = $s[0]["author-name"];
 
 	$image = $a->remove_baseurl($s[0]["author-thumb"]);
diff --git a/mod/message.php b/mod/message.php
index 8940ee44b7..d51fe0a779 100644
--- a/mod/message.php
+++ b/mod/message.php
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 use Friendica\App;
 use Friendica\Content\Nav;
 use Friendica\Content\Smilies;
+use Friendica\Content\Text\BBCode;
 use Friendica\Core\L10n;
 use Friendica\Core\System;
 use Friendica\Database\DBM;
@@ -376,7 +377,7 @@ function message_content(App $a)
 
 			$from_name_e = $message['from-name'];
 			$subject_e = $message['title'];
-			$body_e = Smilies::replace(bbcode($message['body']));
+			$body_e = Smilies::replace(BBCode::convert($message['body']));
 			$to_name_e = $message['name'];
 
 			$contact = Contact::getDetailsByURL($message['from-url']);
diff --git a/mod/notify.php b/mod/notify.php
index dff7d147f0..a65e14debb 100644
--- a/mod/notify.php
+++ b/mod/notify.php
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
  */
 
 use Friendica\App;
+use Friendica\Content\Text\BBCode;
 use Friendica\Core\L10n;
 use Friendica\Core\NotificationsManager;
 use Friendica\Core\System;
@@ -69,7 +70,7 @@ function notify_content(App $a)
 			$notif_content .= replace_macros($not_tpl, [
 				'$item_link' => System::baseUrl(true).'/notify/view/'. $it['id'],
 				'$item_image' => $it['photo'],
-				'$item_text' => strip_tags(bbcode($it['msg'])),
+				'$item_text' => strip_tags(BBCode::convert($it['msg'])),
 				'$item_when' => Temporal::getRelativeDate($it['date'])
 			]);
 		}
diff --git a/mod/photos.php b/mod/photos.php
index 4b031e5b5e..863a848d61 100644
--- a/mod/photos.php
+++ b/mod/photos.php
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 use Friendica\App;
 use Friendica\Content\Feature;
 use Friendica\Content\Nav;
+use Friendica\Content\Text\BBCode;
 use Friendica\Core\Addon;
 use Friendica\Core\Config;
 use Friendica\Core\L10n;
@@ -17,7 +18,6 @@ use Friendica\Model\Group;
 use Friendica\Model\Item;
 use Friendica\Model\Photo;
 use Friendica\Model\Profile;
-use Friendica\Model\Term;
 use Friendica\Network\Probe;
 use Friendica\Object\Image;
 use Friendica\Protocol\DFRN;
@@ -1411,7 +1411,7 @@ function photos_content(App $a)
 				if (strlen($tag_str)) {
 					$tag_str .= ', ';
 				}
-				$tag_str .= bbcode($t);
+				$tag_str .= BBCode::convert($t);
 			}
 			$tags = [L10n::t('Tags: '), $tag_str];
 			if ($cmd === 'edit') {
@@ -1574,7 +1574,7 @@ function photos_content(App $a)
 
 					$name_e = $profile_name;
 					$title_e = $item['title'];
-					$body_e = bbcode($item['body']);
+					$body_e = BBCode::convert($item['body']);
 
 					$comments .= replace_macros($template,[
 						'$id' => $item['item_id'],
diff --git a/mod/ping.php b/mod/ping.php
index 62ab2644c9..e24168aa97 100644
--- a/mod/ping.php
+++ b/mod/ping.php
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 use Friendica\App;
 use Friendica\Content\Feature;
 use Friendica\Content\ForumManager;
+use Friendica\Content\Text\BBCode;
 use Friendica\Core\Addon;
 use Friendica\Core\Cache;
 use Friendica\Core\L10n;
@@ -481,8 +482,8 @@ function ping_get_notifications($uid)
 				$notification["name"] = $notification["name_cache"];
 				$notification["message"] = $notification["msg_cache"];
 			} else {
-				$notification["name"] = strip_tags(bbcode($notification["name"]));
-				$notification["message"] = format_notification_message($notification["name"], strip_tags(bbcode($notification["msg"])));
+				$notification["name"] = strip_tags(BBCode::convert($notification["name"]));
+				$notification["message"] = format_notification_message($notification["name"], strip_tags(BBCode::convert($notification["msg"])));
 
 				q(
 					"UPDATE `notify` SET `name_cache` = '%s', `msg_cache` = '%s' WHERE `id` = %d",
diff --git a/mod/poco.php b/mod/poco.php
index 639ab8469c..d212bb5f9c 100644
--- a/mod/poco.php
+++ b/mod/poco.php
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 
 use Friendica\App;
+use Friendica\Content\Text\BBCode;
 use Friendica\Core\Cache;
 use Friendica\Core\Config;
 use Friendica\Core\System;
@@ -246,7 +247,7 @@ function poco_init(App $a) {
 				$about = Cache::get("about:" . $contact['updated'] . ":" . $contact['nurl']);
 				if (is_null($about)) {
 					require_once 'include/bbcode.php';
-					$about = bbcode($contact['about'], false, false);
+					$about = BBCode::convert($contact['about'], false);
 					Cache::set("about:" . $contact['updated'] . ":" . $contact['nurl'], $about);
 				}
 
diff --git a/mod/register.php b/mod/register.php
index 40aa7c1bc4..76c5073d59 100644
--- a/mod/register.php
+++ b/mod/register.php
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 <?php
 /**
- * @file mod/register.php
+ * @file_tag_list_to_file mod/register.php
  */
 
 use Friendica\App;
+use Friendica\Content\Text\BBCode;
 use Friendica\Core\Addon;
 use Friendica\Core\Config;
 use Friendica\Core\L10n;
@@ -262,7 +263,7 @@ function register_content(App $a)
 		'$invite_id'  => $invite_id,
 		'$realpeople' => $realpeople,
 		'$regtitle'  => L10n::t('Registration'),
-		'$registertext' => x($a->config, 'register_text') ? bbcode($a->config['register_text']) : "",
+		'$registertext' => x($a->config, 'register_text') ? BBCode::convert($a->config['register_text']) : "",
 		'$fillwith'  => $fillwith,
 		'$fillext'   => $fillext,
 		'$oidlabel'  => $oidlabel,
diff --git a/mod/tagrm.php b/mod/tagrm.php
index 2a829932ea..b7e72b4da8 100644
--- a/mod/tagrm.php
+++ b/mod/tagrm.php
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@
 /**
  * @file mod/tagrm.php
  */
+
 use Friendica\App;
+use Friendica\Content\Text\BBCode;
 use Friendica\Core\L10n;
 use Friendica\Core\System;
 use Friendica\Database\DBM;
@@ -91,7 +93,7 @@ function tagrm_content(App $a) {
 	$o .= '<ul>';
 
 	foreach ($arr as $x) {
-		$o .= '<li><input type="checkbox" name="tag" value="' . bin2hex($x) . '" >' . bbcode($x) . '</input></li>';
+		$o .= '<li><input type="checkbox" name="tag" value="' . bin2hex($x) . '" >' . BBCode::convert($x) . '</input></li>';
 	}
 
 	$o .= '</ul>';
diff --git a/src/Content/Text/BBCode.php b/src/Content/Text/BBCode.php
index a81b69e34b..064d5030ee 100644
--- a/src/Content/Text/BBCode.php
+++ b/src/Content/Text/BBCode.php
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ class BBCode
 		}
 
 		if ($title != "") {
-			$title = bbcode(html_entity_decode($title, ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8'), false, false, true);
+			$title = BBCode::convert(html_entity_decode($title, ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8'), false, true);
 			$title = html_entity_decode($title, ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8');
 			$title = str_replace(["[", "]"], ["&#91;", "&#93;"], $title);
 			$data["title"] = $title;
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ class BBCode
 			}
 		}
 
-		$html = bbcode($post["text"].$post["after"], false, false, $htmlmode);
+		$html = BBCode::convert($post["text"].$post["after"], false, $htmlmode);
 		$msg = html2plain($html, 0, true);
 		$msg = trim(html_entity_decode($msg, ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8'));
 
@@ -706,7 +706,7 @@ class BBCode
 				}
 
 				if ($data["description"] != "" && $data["description"] != $data["title"]) {
-					$return .= sprintf('<blockquote>%s</blockquote>', trim(bbcode($data["description"])));
+					$return .= sprintf('<blockquote>%s</blockquote>', trim(BBCode::convert($data["description"])));
 				}
 
 				if ($data["type"] == "link") {
diff --git a/src/Core/NotificationsManager.php b/src/Core/NotificationsManager.php
index ed12a89141..3d11789e93 100644
--- a/src/Core/NotificationsManager.php
+++ b/src/Core/NotificationsManager.php
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 namespace Friendica\Core;
 
 use Friendica\BaseObject;
+use Friendica\Content\Text\BBCode;
 use Friendica\Core\L10n;
 use Friendica\Core\PConfig;
 use Friendica\Core\System;
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ class NotificationsManager extends BaseObject
 			$local_time = DateTimeFormat::local($n['date']);
 			$n['timestamp'] = strtotime($local_time);
 			$n['date_rel'] = Temporal::getRelativeDate($n['date']);
-			$n['msg_html'] = bbcode($n['msg'], false, false, false, false);
+			$n['msg_html'] = BBCode::convert($n['msg'], false);
 			$n['msg_plain'] = explode("\n", trim(html2plain($n['msg_html'], 0)))[0];
 
 			$rets[] = $n;
@@ -243,7 +244,7 @@ class NotificationsManager extends BaseObject
 						$default_item_link = System::baseUrl(true) . '/notify/view/' . $it['id'];
 						$default_item_image = proxy_url($it['photo'], false, PROXY_SIZE_MICRO);
 						$default_item_url = $it['url'];
-						$default_item_text = strip_tags(bbcode($it['msg']));
+						$default_item_text = strip_tags(BBCode::convert($it['msg']));
 						$default_item_when = DateTimeFormat::local($it['date'], 'r');
 						$default_item_ago = Temporal::getRelativeDate($it['date']);
 						break;
@@ -843,8 +844,8 @@ class NotificationsManager extends BaseObject
 					'contact_id' => $it['contact-id'],
 					'photo' => ((x($it, 'photo')) ? proxy_url($it['photo'], false, PROXY_SIZE_SMALL) : "images/person-175.jpg"),
 					'name' => $it['name'],
-					'location' => bbcode($it['glocation'], false, false),
-					'about' => bbcode($it['gabout'], false, false),
+					'location' => BBCode::convert($it['glocation'], false),
+					'about' => BBCode::convert($it['gabout'], false),
 					'keywords' => $it['gkeywords'],
 					'gender' => $it['ggender'],
 					'hidden' => $it['hidden'] == 1,
diff --git a/src/Model/Profile.php b/src/Model/Profile.php
index f31c83c857..d1a705fd7c 100644
--- a/src/Model/Profile.php
+++ b/src/Model/Profile.php
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ namespace Friendica\Model;
 use Friendica\App;
 use Friendica\Content\Feature;
 use Friendica\Content\ForumManager;
+use Friendica\Content\Text\BBCode;
 use Friendica\Core\Addon;
 use Friendica\Core\Cache;
 use Friendica\Core\Config;
@@ -487,13 +488,13 @@ class Profile
 		}
 
 		if (isset($p['about'])) {
-			$p['about'] = bbcode($p['about']);
+			$p['about'] = BBCode::convert($p['about']);
 		}
 
 		if (isset($p['address'])) {
-			$p['address'] = bbcode($p['address']);
+			$p['address'] = BBCode::convert($p['address']);
 		} else {
-			$p['address'] = bbcode($p['location']);
+			$p['address'] = BBCode::convert($p['location']);
 		}
 
 		if (isset($p['photo'])) {
@@ -667,13 +668,13 @@ class Profile
 					$istoday = true;
 				}
 
-				$title = strip_tags(html_entity_decode(bbcode($rr['summary']), ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8'));
+				$title = strip_tags(html_entity_decode(BBCode::convert($rr['summary']), ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8'));
 
 				if (strlen($title) > 35) {
 					$title = substr($title, 0, 32) . '... ';
 				}
 
-				$description = substr(strip_tags(bbcode($rr['desc'])), 0, 32) . '... ';
+				$description = substr(strip_tags(BBCode::convert($rr['desc'])), 0, 32) . '... ';
 				if (!$description) {
 					$description = L10n::t('[No description]');
 				}
diff --git a/src/Protocol/DFRN.php b/src/Protocol/DFRN.php
index 5fe47ac5fd..00064b7e86 100644
--- a/src/Protocol/DFRN.php
+++ b/src/Protocol/DFRN.php
@@ -832,7 +832,7 @@ class DFRN
 				}
 			}
 			if ($r->content) {
-				XML::addElement($doc, $entry, "content", bbcode($r->content), ["type" => "html"]);
+				XML::addElement($doc, $entry, "content", BBCode::convert($r->content), ["type" => "html"]);
 			}
 
 			return $entry;
@@ -938,7 +938,7 @@ class DFRN
 				$htmlbody = "[b]".$item['title']."[/b]\n\n".$htmlbody;
 			}
 
-			$htmlbody = bbcode($htmlbody, false, false, 7);
+			$htmlbody = BBCode::convert($htmlbody, false, 7);
 		}
 
 		$author = self::addEntryAuthor($doc, "author", $item["author-link"], $item);
diff --git a/src/Protocol/Diaspora.php b/src/Protocol/Diaspora.php
index 307b52f785..65b84f3cd4 100644
--- a/src/Protocol/Diaspora.php
+++ b/src/Protocol/Diaspora.php
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
  */
 namespace Friendica\Protocol;
 
+use Friendica\Content\Text\BBCode;
 use Friendica\Core\Cache;
 use Friendica\Core\Config;
 use Friendica\Core\L10n;
@@ -4197,7 +4198,7 @@ class Diaspora
 			}
 
 			$about = $profile['about'];
-			$about = strip_tags(bbcode($about));
+			$about = strip_tags(BBCode::convert($about));
 
 			$location = Profile::formatLocation($profile);
 			$tags = '';
diff --git a/src/Protocol/OStatus.php b/src/Protocol/OStatus.php
index 7ad6f50f1f..ed3c5c0a07 100644
--- a/src/Protocol/OStatus.php
+++ b/src/Protocol/OStatus.php
@@ -1373,7 +1373,7 @@ class OStatus
 		XML::addElement($doc, $author, "uri", $owner["url"]);
 		XML::addElement($doc, $author, "name", $owner["nick"]);
 		XML::addElement($doc, $author, "email", $owner["addr"]);
-		XML::addElement($doc, $author, "summary", bbcode($owner["about"], false, false, 7));
+		XML::addElement($doc, $author, "summary", BBCode::convert($owner["about"], false, 7));
 
 		$attributes = ["rel" => "alternate", "type" => "text/html", "href" => $owner["url"]];
 		XML::addElement($doc, $author, "link", "", $attributes);
@@ -1398,7 +1398,7 @@ class OStatus
 
 		XML::addElement($doc, $author, "poco:preferredUsername", $owner["nick"]);
 		XML::addElement($doc, $author, "poco:displayName", $owner["name"]);
-		XML::addElement($doc, $author, "poco:note", bbcode($owner["about"], false, false, 7));
+		XML::addElement($doc, $author, "poco:note", BBCode::convert($owner["about"], false, 7));
 
 		if (trim($owner["location"]) != "") {
 			$element = $doc->createElement("poco:address");
@@ -1879,7 +1879,7 @@ class OStatus
 			$body = "[b]".$item['title']."[/b]\n\n".$body;
 		}
 
-		$body = bbcode($body, false, false, 7);
+		$body = BBCode::convert($body, false, 7);
 
 		XML::addElement($doc, $entry, "content", $body, ["type" => "html"]);