diff --git a/plugins/generic/addThis/statistics.tpl b/plugins/generic/addThis/statistics.tpl
index 69c5cc094ba..1820ab1a7ef 100644
--- a/plugins/generic/addThis/statistics.tpl
+++ b/plugins/generic/addThis/statistics.tpl
@@ -15,9 +15,7 @@
 <p>{translate key="plugins.generic.addThis.statistics.instructions"}</p>
 
 <form class="pkp_form" id="statisticsDisplayForm">
-
 	{url|assign:addThisStatisticsGridUrl router=$smarty.const.ROUTE_COMPONENT component="grid.settings.plugins.SettingsPluginGridHandler" op="plugin" category="generic" plugin="AddThisPlugin" verb="showStatistics" escape=false}
 	{load_url_in_div id="addThisStatisticsGridContainer" url="$addThisStatisticsGridUrl"}
 	{fbvElement type="button" id="cancelFormButton" label="common.close"}
-
-</form>
\ No newline at end of file
+</form>
diff --git a/templates/admin/contexts.tpl b/templates/admin/contexts.tpl
index 43fc5f7edfc..737b8a4ff9a 100644
--- a/templates/admin/contexts.tpl
+++ b/templates/admin/contexts.tpl
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 		</div>
 	{/if}
 
-	{url|assign:contextsUrl router=$smarty.const.ROUTE_COMPONENT component="grid.admin.press.PressGridHandler" op="fetchGrid"}
+	{url|assign:contextsUrl router=$smarty.const.ROUTE_COMPONENT component="grid.admin.press.PressGridHandler" op="fetchGrid" escape=false}
 	{load_url_in_div id="contextGridContainer" url=$contextsUrl}
 </div>
 
diff --git a/templates/catalog/index.tpl b/templates/catalog/index.tpl
index b96f5e907a8..666fb4ff64f 100644
--- a/templates/catalog/index.tpl
+++ b/templates/catalog/index.tpl
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 {/strip}
 
 {* Include the carousel view of featured content *}
-{url|assign:carouselUrl router=$smarty.const.ROUTE_COMPONENT component="carousel.CarouselHandler" op="fetch"}
+{url|assign:carouselUrl router=$smarty.const.ROUTE_COMPONENT component="carousel.CarouselHandler" op="fetch" escape=false}
 {load_url_in_div id="carousel" url=$carouselUrl}
 
 {* Include the full monograph list *}
diff --git a/templates/controllers/grid/files/signoff/form/addAuditor.tpl b/templates/controllers/grid/files/signoff/form/addAuditor.tpl
index 98590b31c50..bb54b078031 100644
--- a/templates/controllers/grid/files/signoff/form/addAuditor.tpl
+++ b/templates/controllers/grid/files/signoff/form/addAuditor.tpl
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 
 		<!-- Available files listbuilder -->
 		{if $fileStage == $smarty.const.SUBMISSION_FILE_COPYEDIT}
-			{url|assign:filesListbuilderUrl router=$smarty.const.ROUTE_COMPONENT component="listbuilder.files.CopyeditingFilesListbuilderHandler" op="fetch" submissionId=$submissionId}
+			{url|assign:filesListbuilderUrl router=$smarty.const.ROUTE_COMPONENT component="listbuilder.files.CopyeditingFilesListbuilderHandler" op="fetch" submissionId=$submissionId escape=false}
 			{assign var="filesListbuilderId" value="copyeditingFilesListbuilder"}
 		{else $fileStage == $smarty.const.SUBMISSION_FILE_PROOF}
 			{url|assign:filesListbuilderUrl router=$smarty.const.ROUTE_COMPONENT component="listbuilder.files.ProofFilesListbuilderHandler" op="fetch" submissionId=$submissionId publicationFormatId=$publicationFormatId escape=false}
diff --git a/templates/controllers/grid/settings/series/form/seriesForm.tpl b/templates/controllers/grid/settings/series/form/seriesForm.tpl
index 5149ec67634..61df4073e39 100644
--- a/templates/controllers/grid/settings/series/form/seriesForm.tpl
+++ b/templates/controllers/grid/settings/series/form/seriesForm.tpl
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
 		{fbvFormSection for="context" inline=true size=$fbvStyles.size.MEDIUM}
 			{if $categoryCount > 0}
 				<div id="seriesCategoriesContainer">
-					{url|assign:seriesCategoriesUrl router=$smarty.const.ROUTE_COMPONENT component="listbuilder.settings.CategoriesListbuilderHandler" op="fetch" seriesId=$seriesId}
+					{url|assign:seriesCategoriesUrl router=$smarty.const.ROUTE_COMPONENT component="listbuilder.settings.CategoriesListbuilderHandler" op="fetch" seriesId=$seriesId escape=false}
 					{load_url_in_div id="seriesCategoriesContainer" url=$seriesCategoriesUrl}
 				</div>
 			{/if}
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
 			{fbvFormSection for="context" inline=true size=$fbvStyles.size.MEDIUM}
 				{if $seriesEditorCount > 0}{* only include the series editor listbuilder if there are series editors available *}
 					<div id="seriesEditorsContainer">
-						{url|assign:seriesEditorsUrl router=$smarty.const.ROUTE_COMPONENT component="listbuilder.settings.SeriesEditorsListbuilderHandler" op="fetch" seriesId=$seriesId}
+						{url|assign:seriesEditorsUrl router=$smarty.const.ROUTE_COMPONENT component="listbuilder.settings.SeriesEditorsListbuilderHandler" op="fetch" seriesId=$seriesId escape=false}
 						{load_url_in_div id="seriesEditorsContainer" url=$seriesEditorsUrl}
 					</div>
 				{/if}
diff --git a/templates/controllers/modals/submissionMetadata/form/catalogEntrySubmissionReviewForm.tpl b/templates/controllers/modals/submissionMetadata/form/catalogEntrySubmissionReviewForm.tpl
index e2a6cbef00e..a88c1c30b0e 100644
--- a/templates/controllers/modals/submissionMetadata/form/catalogEntrySubmissionReviewForm.tpl
+++ b/templates/controllers/modals/submissionMetadata/form/catalogEntrySubmissionReviewForm.tpl
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
 		<!--  Chapters -->
 		{if $isEditedVolume}
 			{assign var="chaptersGridContainer" value="authorsGridContainer-"|uniqid|escape}
-			{url|assign:chaptersGridUrl router=$smarty.const.ROUTE_COMPONENT  component="grid.users.chapter.ChapterGridHandler" op="fetchGrid" submissionId=$submissionId}
+			{url|assign:chaptersGridUrl router=$smarty.const.ROUTE_COMPONENT  component="grid.users.chapter.ChapterGridHandler" op="fetchGrid" submissionId=$submissionId escape=false}
 			{load_url_in_div id=$chaptersGridContainer url="$chaptersGridUrl"}
 		{/if}
 	{/if}
diff --git a/templates/controllers/modals/submissionMetadata/form/submissionMetadataViewForm.tpl b/templates/controllers/modals/submissionMetadata/form/submissionMetadataViewForm.tpl
index e2ec4bf7ca5..4234deceee7 100644
--- a/templates/controllers/modals/submissionMetadata/form/submissionMetadataViewForm.tpl
+++ b/templates/controllers/modals/submissionMetadata/form/submissionMetadataViewForm.tpl
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 		<!--  Chapters -->
 		{if $isEditedVolume}
 			{assign var="chaptersGridContainer" value="chaptersGridContainer-"|uniqid|escape}
-			{url|assign:chaptersGridUrl router=$smarty.const.ROUTE_COMPONENT  component="grid.users.chapter.ChapterGridHandler" op="fetchGrid" submissionId=$submissionId}
+			{url|assign:chaptersGridUrl router=$smarty.const.ROUTE_COMPONENT  component="grid.users.chapter.ChapterGridHandler" op="fetchGrid" submissionId=$submissionId escape=false}
 			{load_url_in_div id=$chaptersGridContainer url="$chaptersGridUrl"}
 		{/if}
 	{/if}
diff --git a/templates/controllers/tab/catalogEntry/form/catalogMetadataFormFields.tpl b/templates/controllers/tab/catalogEntry/form/catalogMetadataFormFields.tpl
index 495179ee90e..12c0a895559 100644
--- a/templates/controllers/tab/catalogEntry/form/catalogMetadataFormFields.tpl
+++ b/templates/controllers/tab/catalogEntry/form/catalogMetadataFormFields.tpl
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
 		{fbvFormSection description="grid.catalogEntry.representativesDescription"}
 			<!-- Representatives -->
 			{assign var="divId" value="representativesGridContainer"|concat:$publicationFormatId|escape}
-			{url|assign:representativesGridUrl router=$smarty.const.ROUTE_COMPONENT component="grid.catalogEntry.RepresentativesGridHandler" op="fetchGrid" submissionId=$submissionId}
+			{url|assign:representativesGridUrl router=$smarty.const.ROUTE_COMPONENT component="grid.catalogEntry.RepresentativesGridHandler" op="fetchGrid" submissionId=$submissionId escape=false}
 			{load_url_in_div id="$divId" url="$representativesGridUrl"}
 		{/fbvFormSection}
 	{/fbvFormArea}
diff --git a/templates/dashboard/submissions.tpl b/templates/dashboard/submissions.tpl
index 01ba19fe00f..873cbddf90d 100644
--- a/templates/dashboard/submissions.tpl
+++ b/templates/dashboard/submissions.tpl
@@ -9,18 +9,18 @@
 
 <!-- Author and editor submissions grid -->
 {if array_intersect(array(ROLE_ID_AUTHOR, ROLE_ID_MANAGER, ROLE_ID_SUB_EDITOR), $userRoles)}
-	{url|assign:mySubmissionsListGridUrl router=$smarty.const.ROUTE_COMPONENT component="grid.submissions.mySubmissions.MySubmissionsListGridHandler" op="fetchGrid"}
+	{url|assign:mySubmissionsListGridUrl router=$smarty.const.ROUTE_COMPONENT component="grid.submissions.mySubmissions.MySubmissionsListGridHandler" op="fetchGrid" escape=false}
 	{load_url_in_div id="mySubmissionsListGridContainer" url="$mySubmissionsListGridUrl"}
 {/if}
 
 <!-- Unassigned submissions grid: If the user is a press manager or a series editor, then display these submissions which have not been assigned to anyone -->
 {if array_intersect(array(ROLE_ID_MANAGER, ROLE_ID_SUB_EDITOR), $userRoles)}
-	{url|assign:unassignedSubmissionsListGridUrl router=$smarty.const.ROUTE_COMPONENT component="grid.submissions.unassignedSubmissions.UnassignedSubmissionsListGridHandler" op="fetchGrid"}
+	{url|assign:unassignedSubmissionsListGridUrl router=$smarty.const.ROUTE_COMPONENT component="grid.submissions.unassignedSubmissions.UnassignedSubmissionsListGridHandler" op="fetchGrid" escape=false}
 	{load_url_in_div id="unassignedSubmissionsListGridContainer" url="$unassignedSubmissionsListGridUrl"}
 {/if}
 
 <!-- Assigned submissions grid: Show all submissions the user is assigned to (besides their own) -->
 {if array_intersect(array(ROLE_ID_SITE_ADMIN, ROLE_ID_MANAGER, ROLE_ID_SUB_EDITOR, ROLE_ID_REVIEWER, ROLE_ID_ASSISTANT), $userRoles)}
-	{url|assign:assignedSubmissionsListGridUrl router=$smarty.const.ROUTE_COMPONENT component="grid.submissions.assignedSubmissions.AssignedSubmissionsListGridHandler" op="fetchGrid"}
+	{url|assign:assignedSubmissionsListGridUrl router=$smarty.const.ROUTE_COMPONENT component="grid.submissions.assignedSubmissions.AssignedSubmissionsListGridHandler" op="fetchGrid" escape=false}
 	{load_url_in_div id="assignedSubmissionsListGridContainer" url="$assignedSubmissionsListGridUrl"}
 {/if}
diff --git a/templates/dashboard/tasks.tpl b/templates/dashboard/tasks.tpl
index 653a2954eac..fc0113d2411 100644
--- a/templates/dashboard/tasks.tpl
+++ b/templates/dashboard/tasks.tpl
@@ -38,5 +38,5 @@
 </form>
 <div class="pkp_helpers_clear"></div>
 
-{url|assign:notificationsGridUrl router=$smarty.const.ROUTE_COMPONENT component="grid.notifications.NotificationsGridHandler" op="fetchGrid"}
+{url|assign:notificationsGridUrl router=$smarty.const.ROUTE_COMPONENT component="grid.notifications.NotificationsGridHandler" op="fetchGrid" escape=false}
 {load_url_in_div id="notificationsGrid" url=$notificationsGridUrl}
diff --git a/templates/index/press.tpl b/templates/index/press.tpl
index 12928a3694e..5bc73939093 100644
--- a/templates/index/press.tpl
+++ b/templates/index/press.tpl
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 {/if}
 
 {* Include the carousel view of featured content *}
-{url|assign:carouselUrl router=$smarty.const.ROUTE_COMPONENT component="carousel.CarouselHandler" op="fetch"}
+{url|assign:carouselUrl router=$smarty.const.ROUTE_COMPONENT component="carousel.CarouselHandler" op="fetch" escape=false}
 {load_url_in_div id="carousel" url=$carouselUrl}
 
 {if $spotlights|@count > 0}
diff --git a/templates/manageCatalog/index.tpl b/templates/manageCatalog/index.tpl
index 00a9f66c042..84154c936d2 100644
--- a/templates/manageCatalog/index.tpl
+++ b/templates/manageCatalog/index.tpl
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@
 		{if $isManager}
 			<div id="spotlightsTab">
 				<p>{translate key="catalog.manage.spotlightDescription"}</p>
-				{url|assign:spotlightsGridUrl router=$smarty.const.ROUTE_COMPONENT component="grid.content.spotlights.ManageSpotlightsGridHandler" op="fetchGrid"}
+				{url|assign:spotlightsGridUrl router=$smarty.const.ROUTE_COMPONENT component="grid.content.spotlights.ManageSpotlightsGridHandler" op="fetchGrid" escape=false}
 				{load_url_in_div id="spotlightsGridContainer" url="$spotlightsGridUrl"}
 			</div>
 		{/if}
diff --git a/templates/management/categories.tpl b/templates/management/categories.tpl
index dd471193352..3a7780a4045 100644
--- a/templates/management/categories.tpl
+++ b/templates/management/categories.tpl
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 	{rdelim});
 </script>
 <form class="pkp_form" id="categoriesGridFormContainer">
-	{url|assign:categoriesUrl router=$smarty.const.ROUTE_COMPONENT component="grid.settings.category.CategoryCategoryGridHandler" op="fetchGrid"}
+	{url|assign:categoriesUrl router=$smarty.const.ROUTE_COMPONENT component="grid.settings.category.CategoryCategoryGridHandler" op="fetchGrid" escape=false}
 	{load_url_in_div id="categoriesContainer" url=$categoriesUrl}
 	<div class="pkp_helpers_align_right">
 		{fbvElement type="button" label="common.close" id="cancelFormButton"}
diff --git a/templates/management/series.tpl b/templates/management/series.tpl
index 9c8b22b6c21..0b302303da4 100644
--- a/templates/management/series.tpl
+++ b/templates/management/series.tpl
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 	{rdelim});
 </script>
 <form class="pkp_form" id="seriesGridFormContainer">
-	{url|assign:seriesGridUrl router=$smarty.const.ROUTE_COMPONENT component="grid.settings.series.SeriesGridHandler" op="fetchGrid"}
+	{url|assign:seriesGridUrl router=$smarty.const.ROUTE_COMPONENT component="grid.settings.series.SeriesGridHandler" op="fetchGrid" escape=false}
 	{load_url_in_div id="seriesGridContainer" url=$seriesGridUrl}
 	<div class="pkp_helpers_align_right">
 		{fbvElement type="button" label="common.close" id="cancelFormButton"}
diff --git a/templates/submission/form/step3.tpl b/templates/submission/form/step3.tpl
index 69783da9458..6b30a80fc94 100644
--- a/templates/submission/form/step3.tpl
+++ b/templates/submission/form/step3.tpl
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 {capture assign="additionalContributorsFields"}
 	<!--  Chapters -->
 	{if $isEditedVolume}
-		{url|assign:chaptersGridUrl router=$smarty.const.ROUTE_COMPONENT  component="grid.users.chapter.ChapterGridHandler" op="fetchGrid" submissionId=$submissionId}
+		{url|assign:chaptersGridUrl router=$smarty.const.ROUTE_COMPONENT  component="grid.users.chapter.ChapterGridHandler" op="fetchGrid" submissionId=$submissionId escape=false}
 		{load_url_in_div id="chaptersGridContainer" url="$chaptersGridUrl"}
 	{/if}
 {/capture}
diff --git a/templates/workflow/production.tpl b/templates/workflow/production.tpl
index 1fd84f529c8..0ee59121212 100644
--- a/templates/workflow/production.tpl
+++ b/templates/workflow/production.tpl
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 		{fbvFormArea id="publicationFormats"}
 			{fbvFormSection}
 				<!--  Formats -->
-				{url|assign:formatGridUrl router=$smarty.const.ROUTE_COMPONENT component="grid.catalogEntry.PublicationFormatGridHandler" op="fetchGrid" submissionId=$submission->getId()}
+				{url|assign:formatGridUrl router=$smarty.const.ROUTE_COMPONENT component="grid.catalogEntry.PublicationFormatGridHandler" op="fetchGrid" submissionId=$submission->getId() escape=false}
 				{load_url_in_div id="formatsGridContainer"|uniqid url=$formatGridUrl}
 			{/fbvFormSection}
 		{/fbvFormArea}