diff --git a/layouts/_default/li.html b/layouts/_default/li.html
index 7ac057e..96fb602 100644
--- a/layouts/_default/li.html
+++ b/layouts/_default/li.html
@@ -8,5 +8,5 @@
 -->
 <li>
     <a href='{{ .Permalink }}'> {{ .Title }}</a>
-    {{ .Description | markdownify }}
+    {{ .Description | $.Page.RenderString | emojify }}
 </li>
diff --git a/layouts/_default/single.html b/layouts/_default/single.html
index cff2b70..8e0a736 100644
--- a/layouts/_default/single.html
+++ b/layouts/_default/single.html
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ <h1 class="post-title">{{ .Title }}</h1>
     <hr />
     <h3>Description/Summary</h3>
     {{ with .Description }}
-        {{ . | markdownify }}
+        {{ . | $.Page.RenderString | emojify }}
     {{ else }}
         {{ partial "summary_minus_toc.html" . | safeHTML }}
     {{ end }}
diff --git a/layouts/partials/header_image.html b/layouts/partials/header_image.html
index 18da4a0..c495548 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/header_image.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/header_image.html
@@ -5,25 +5,25 @@ <h3>Featured/Header Image</h3>
     {{ $size := .Params.size | default 800 }}
     {{ $image := $original.Resize (printf "%dx" $size) }}
     <figure style="width: {{ add $image.Width 3 }}px; padding: 3px; background-color: #cccc">
-	<img src="{{ $image.RelPermalink }}" width="{{ $image.Width }}" height="{{ $image.Height }}">
-	<figcaption>
+	    <img src="{{ $image.RelPermalink }}" width="{{ $image.Width }}" height="{{ $image.Height }}">
+	    <figcaption>
             {{ with .Params }}
-	        {{ with .caption }}
-	            {{ . | markdownify }}
+	            {{ with .caption }}
+	                {{ . | $.Page.RenderString | emojify }}
                 {{ end }}
                 {{ if .credit }}
                     {{ printf "(Credit:&nbsp;" | safeHTML -}}
                     {{- with .url -}}
                         {{- printf `<a href="%s">` . | safeHTML -}}
                     {{- end -}}
-                    {{- .credit | markdownify -}}
+                    {{- .credit | $.Page.RenderString -}}
                     {{- with .url -}}
                         {{- printf "</a>" | safeHTML -}}
                     {{- end -}}
                     {{- printf ")" | safeHTML }}
                 {{ end }}
             {{ end }}
-	</figcaption>
+	    </figcaption>
     </figure>
     {{ if (not ($.Param "disable_debug")) }}
         {{ with .Params }}
diff --git a/layouts/partials/opengraph.html b/layouts/partials/opengraph.html
index da763ac..86f1629 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/opengraph.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/opengraph.html
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 {{ $permalink_pretty := .Permalink | replaceRE "\\.html$" "/" }} <!-- Always have a trailing slash, even with uglyURLs enabled. -->
 <meta property="og:title" content="{{ .Title }}" />
 <meta property="og:description"
-      content="{{ with .Description }}{{ . | markdownify | plainify }}{{ else }}{{ if .IsPage }}{{ partial "summary_minus_toc.html" . | markdownify | plainify }}{{ else }}{{ with .Site.Params.description }}{{ . | markdownify | plainify }}{{ end }}{{ end }}{{ end }}" />
+      content="{{ with .Description }}{{ . | $.Page.RenderString | plainify }}{{ else }}{{ if .IsPage }}{{ partial "summary_minus_toc.html" . | $.Page.RenderString | plainify }}{{ else }}{{ with .Site.Params.description }}{{ . | $.Page.RenderString | plainify }}{{ end }}{{ end }}{{ end }}" />
 <meta property="og:type" content="{{ if .IsPage }}article{{ else }}website{{ end }}" />
 <meta property="og:url" content="{{ .Permalink }}" />
 {{ with .Params.images }}
diff --git a/layouts/partials/summary_minus_toc.html b/layouts/partials/summary_minus_toc.html
index a8faac7..224a438 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/summary_minus_toc.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/summary_minus_toc.html
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {{- with .Description -}}
-    {{- . | markdownify | printf "<p>%s</p>" | safeHTML -}}
+    {{- . | $.Page.RenderString | printf "<p>%s</p>" | safeHTML -}}
 {{- else -}}
     {{- $summary_has_org_toc := substr .Content 0 30 | findRE "[\".]ox-hugo-toc" -}}
     {{- if $summary_has_org_toc -}}
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@
         {{- $summary_raw := index $content_splits 1 -}}
         {{- $summary_splits := split $summary_raw "<!--more-->" -}}
         {{- if eq (len $summary_splits) 2 -}}
-            {{- index $summary_splits 0 | markdownify -}}
+            {{- index $summary_splits 0 | $.Page.RenderString -}}
         {{- else -}}
-            {{- $summary_raw | markdownify | truncate 300 -}}
+            {{- $summary_raw | $.Page.RenderString | truncate 300 -}}
         {{- end -}}
     {{- else -}}
         <!-- Print the whole Summary if endtoc special comment is not found. -->
diff --git a/layouts/partials/twitter_cards.html b/layouts/partials/twitter_cards.html
index b2f25ec..c6623ed 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/twitter_cards.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/twitter_cards.html
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     {{- end -}}
 {{- end }}
 <meta name="twitter:title" content="{{ .Title }}"/>
-<meta name="twitter:description" content="{{ with .Description }}{{ . | markdownify | plainify }}{{ else }}{{ if .IsPage }}{{ partial "summary_minus_toc.html" . | markdownify | plainify }}{{ else }}{{ with .Site.Params.description }}{{ . | markdownify | plainify }}{{ end }}{{ end }}{{ end -}}"/>
+<meta name="twitter:description" content="{{ with .Description }}{{ . | $.Page.RenderString | plainify }}{{ else }}{{ if .IsPage }}{{ partial "summary_minus_toc.html" . | $.Page.RenderString | plainify }}{{ else }}{{ with .Site.Params.description }}{{ . | $.Page.RenderString | plainify }}{{ end }}{{ end }}{{ end -}}"/>
 {{ with .Site.Social.twitter -}}
     <meta name="twitter:site" content="@{{ . }}"/>
     <meta name="twitter:creator" content="@{{ . }}"/>
diff --git a/layouts/shortcodes/figure2.html b/layouts/shortcodes/figure2.html
index 60661dd..4c48c2a 100644
--- a/layouts/shortcodes/figure2.html
+++ b/layouts/shortcodes/figure2.html
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 <!-- image -->
 <figure{{ with .Get "class" }} class="{{.}}"{{ end }}>
     {{ if .Get "link"}}<a href="{{ .Get "link" }}"{{ with .Get "target" }} target="{{ . }}"{{ end }}{{ with .Get "rel" }} rel="{{ . }}"{{ end }}>{{ end }}
-        <img src="{{ .Get "src" }}" {{ if or (.Get "alt") (.Get "caption") }}alt="{{ with .Get "alt"}}{{.}}{{else}}{{ .Get "caption" | markdownify | plainify }}{{ end }}" {{ end }}{{ with .Get "width" }}width="{{.}}" {{ end }}{{ with .Get "height" }}height="{{.}}" {{ end }}/>
+        <img src="{{ .Get "src" }}" {{ if or (.Get "alt") (.Get "caption") }}alt="{{ with .Get "alt"}}{{.}}{{else}}{{ .Get "caption" | $.Page.RenderString | plainify }}{{ end }}" {{ end }}{{ with .Get "width" }}width="{{.}}" {{ end }}{{ with .Get "height" }}height="{{.}}" {{ end }}/>
         {{ if .Get "link"}}</a>{{ end }}
         {{ if or (or (.Get "title") (.Get "caption")) (.Get "attr")}}
             <figcaption>{{ if isset .Params "title" }}
                 <h4>{{ .Get "title" }}</h4>{{ end }}
                 {{ if or (.Get "caption") (.Get "attr")}}<p>
-                    {{ .Get "caption" | markdownify }}
+                    {{ .Get "caption" | $.Page.RenderString }}
                     {{ with .Get "attrlink"}}<a href="{{.}}"> {{ end }}
-                        {{ .Get "attr" | markdownify }}
+                        {{ .Get "attr" | $.Page.RenderString }}
                         {{ if .Get "attrlink"}}</a> {{ end }}
                 </p> {{ end }}
             </figcaption>