diff --git a/src/wp-includes/html-api/class-wp-html-processor.php b/src/wp-includes/html-api/class-wp-html-processor.php
index cce26a60c5350..a47fcc0260019 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/html-api/class-wp-html-processor.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/html-api/class-wp-html-processor.php
@@ -1544,6 +1544,165 @@ private function insert_html_element( $token ) {
 	 * HTML Specification Helpers
 	 */
 
+	/**
+	 * Returns whether a given element is an HTML tag name.
+	 *
+	 * @todo Verify this list.
+	 *
+	 * @since 6.5.0
+	 *
+	 * @param string $tag_name Tag name to check.
+	 * @return bool Whether the element is defined in the HTML specification.
+	 */
+	public static function is_html_tag( $tag_name ) {
+		$tag_name = strtoupper( $tag_name );
+
+		return (
+			'A' === $tag_name ||
+			'ABBR' === $tag_name ||
+			'ACRONYM' === $tag_name || // Neutralized.
+			'ADDRESS' === $tag_name ||
+			'APPLET' === $tag_name || // Deprecated.
+			'AREA' === $tag_name ||
+			'ARTICLE' === $tag_name ||
+			'ASIDE' === $tag_name ||
+			'AUDIO' === $tag_name ||
+			'B' === $tag_name ||
+			'BASE' === $tag_name ||
+			'BDI' === $tag_name ||
+			'BDO' === $tag_name ||
+			'BGSOUND' === $tag_name || // Deprecated; self-closing if self-closing flag provided, otherwise normal.
+			'BIG' === $tag_name ||
+			'BLINK' === $tag_name || // Deprecated.
+			'BLOCKQUOTE' === $tag_name ||
+			'BODY' === $tag_name ||
+			'BR' === $tag_name ||
+			'BUTTON' === $tag_name ||
+			'CANVAS' === $tag_name ||
+			'CAPTION' === $tag_name ||
+			'CENTER' === $tag_name || // Neutralized.
+			'CITE' === $tag_name ||
+			'CODE' === $tag_name ||
+			'COL' === $tag_name ||
+			'COLGROUP' === $tag_name ||
+			'DATA' === $tag_name ||
+			'DATALIST' === $tag_name ||
+			'DD' === $tag_name ||
+			'DEL' === $tag_name ||
+			'DETAILS' === $tag_name ||
+			'DFN' === $tag_name ||
+			'DIALOG' === $tag_name ||
+			'DIR' === $tag_name ||
+			'DIV' === $tag_name ||
+			'DL' === $tag_name ||
+			'DT' === $tag_name ||
+			'EM' === $tag_name ||
+			'EMBED' === $tag_name ||
+			'FIELDSET' === $tag_name ||
+			'FIGCAPTION' === $tag_name ||
+			'FIGURE' === $tag_name ||
+			'FONT' === $tag_name ||
+			'FOOTER' === $tag_name ||
+			'FORM' === $tag_name ||
+			'FRAME' === $tag_name ||
+			'FRAMESET' === $tag_name ||
+			'H1' === $tag_name ||
+			'H2' === $tag_name ||
+			'H3' === $tag_name ||
+			'H4' === $tag_name ||
+			'H5' === $tag_name ||
+			'H6' === $tag_name ||
+			'HEAD' === $tag_name ||
+			'HEADER' === $tag_name ||
+			'HGROUP' === $tag_name ||
+			'HR' === $tag_name ||
+			'HTML' === $tag_name ||
+			'I' === $tag_name ||
+			'IFRAME' === $tag_name ||
+			'IMAGE' === $tag_name ||
+			'IMG' === $tag_name ||
+			'INPUT' === $tag_name ||
+			'INS' === $tag_name ||
+			'ISINDEX' === $tag_name || // Deprecated.
+			'KBD' === $tag_name ||
+			'KEYGEN' === $tag_name || // Deprecated; void.
+			'LABEL' === $tag_name ||
+			'LEGEND' === $tag_name ||
+			'LI' === $tag_name ||
+			'LINK' === $tag_name ||
+			'LISTING' === $tag_name || // Deprecated, use PRE instead.
+			'MAIN' === $tag_name ||
+			'MAP' === $tag_name ||
+			'MARK' === $tag_name ||
+			'MARQUEE' === $tag_name || // Deprecated.
+			'MATH' === $tag_name ||
+			'MENU' === $tag_name ||
+			'META' === $tag_name ||
+			'METER' === $tag_name ||
+			'MULTICOL' === $tag_name || // Deprecated.
+			'NAV' === $tag_name ||
+			'NEXTID' === $tag_name || // Deprecated.
+			'NOBR' === $tag_name || // Neutralized.
+			'NOEMBED' === $tag_name || // Neutralized.
+			'NOFRAMES' === $tag_name || // Neutralized.
+			'NOSCRIPT' === $tag_name ||
+			'OBJECT' === $tag_name ||
+			'OL' === $tag_name ||
+			'OPTGROUP' === $tag_name ||
+			'OPTION' === $tag_name ||
+			'OUTPUT' === $tag_name ||
+			'P' === $tag_name ||
+			'PARAM' === $tag_name ||
+			'PICTURE' === $tag_name ||
+			'PLAINTEXT' === $tag_name || // Neutralized.
+			'PRE' === $tag_name ||
+			'PROGRESS' === $tag_name ||
+			'Q' === $tag_name ||
+			'RB' === $tag_name || // Neutralized.
+			'RP' === $tag_name ||
+			'RT' === $tag_name ||
+			'RTC' === $tag_name || // Neutralized.
+			'RUBY' === $tag_name ||
+			'S' === $tag_name ||
+			'SAMP' === $tag_name ||
+			'SCRIPT' === $tag_name ||
+			'SEARCH' === $tag_name ||
+			'SECTION' === $tag_name ||
+			'SELECT' === $tag_name ||
+			'SLOT' === $tag_name ||
+			'SMALL' === $tag_name ||
+			'SOURCE' === $tag_name ||
+			'SPACER' === $tag_name || // Deprecated.
+			'SPAN' === $tag_name ||
+			'STRIKE' === $tag_name ||
+			'STRONG' === $tag_name ||
+			'STYLE' === $tag_name ||
+			'SUB' === $tag_name ||
+			'SUMMARY' === $tag_name ||
+			'SUP' === $tag_name ||
+			'SVG' === $tag_name ||
+			'TABLE' === $tag_name ||
+			'TBODY' === $tag_name ||
+			'TD' === $tag_name ||
+			'TEMPLATE' === $tag_name ||
+			'TEXTAREA' === $tag_name ||
+			'TFOOT' === $tag_name ||
+			'TH' === $tag_name ||
+			'THEAD' === $tag_name ||
+			'TIME' === $tag_name ||
+			'TITLE' === $tag_name ||
+			'TR' === $tag_name ||
+			'TRACK' === $tag_name ||
+			'TT' === $tag_name ||
+			'U' === $tag_name ||
+			'UL' === $tag_name ||
+			'VAR' === $tag_name ||
+			'VIDEO' === $tag_name ||
+			'WBR' === $tag_name ||
+			'XMP' === $tag_name // Deprecated, use PRE instead.
+		);
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Returns whether an element of a given name is in the HTML special category.
 	 *
diff --git a/src/wp-includes/html-api/class-wp-html-tag-processor.php b/src/wp-includes/html-api/class-wp-html-tag-processor.php
index ee6209c69e0ae..9aa44353fd97d 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/html-api/class-wp-html-tag-processor.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/html-api/class-wp-html-tag-processor.php
@@ -2286,15 +2286,16 @@ public function is_tag_closer() {
 	 *
 	 * For boolean attributes special handling is provided:
 	 *  - When `true` is passed as the value, then only the attribute name is added to the tag.
-	 *  - When `false` is passed, the attribute gets removed if it existed before.
+	 *  - When `false` or `null` is passed, the attribute gets removed if it existed before.
 	 *
 	 * For string attributes, the value is escaped using the `esc_attr` function.
 	 *
 	 * @since 6.2.0
 	 * @since 6.2.1 Fix: Only create a single update for multiple calls with case-variant attribute names.
+	 * @since 6.5.0 Allows passing `null` to remove attribute.
 	 *
-	 * @param string      $name  The attribute name to target.
-	 * @param string|bool $value The new attribute value.
+	 * @param string           $name  The attribute name to target.
+	 * @param string|bool|null $value The new attribute value.
 	 * @return bool Whether an attribute value was set.
 	 */
 	public function set_attribute( $name, $value ) {
@@ -2354,7 +2355,7 @@ public function set_attribute( $name, $value ) {
 		 * > To represent a false value, the attribute has to be omitted altogether.
 		 *     - HTML5 spec, https://html.spec.whatwg.org/#boolean-attributes
 		 */
-		if ( false === $value ) {
+		if ( null === $value || false === $value ) {
 			return $this->remove_attribute( $name );
 		}
 
diff --git a/src/wp-includes/html-api/class-wp-html.php b/src/wp-includes/html-api/class-wp-html.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..189ebf44de134
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/wp-includes/html-api/class-wp-html.php
@@ -0,0 +1,154 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * HTML API: WP_HTML class
+ *
+ * Provides a public interface for HTML-related functionality in WordPress.
+ *
+ * @package WordPress
+ * @subpackage HTML-API
+ * @since 6.5.0
+ */
+
+/**
+ * WP_HTML class.
+ *
+ * @since 6.5.0
+ */
+class WP_HTML {
+	/**
+	 * Generates HTML for a given tag and attribute set.
+	 *
+	 * Although this doesn't currently support nesting HTML tags inside
+	 * the generated tag, it may do so in the future. When that happens
+	 * the `$inner_text` parameter will transform into `$inner_content`
+	 * and allow passing an array of strings and other tags to nest.
+	 *
+	 * Example:
+	 *
+	 *     echo WP_HTML::tag( 'div', array( 'class' => 'is-safe' ), 'Hello, world!' );
+	 *     // <div class="is-safe">Hello, world!</div>
+	 *
+	 *     echo WP_HTML::tag( 'input', array( 'type' => '"></script>', 'disabled' => true ), 'Is this > that?' );
+	 *     // <input type="&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;" disabled>
+	 *
+	 *     echo WP_HTML::tag( 'p', null, 'Is this > that?' );
+	 *     // <p>Is this &gt; that?</p>
+	 *
+	 *     echo WP_HTML::tag( 'wp-emoji', array( 'name' => ':smile:' ), null, 'self-closing' );
+	 *     // <wp-emoji name=":smile:" />
+	 *
+	 * @since 6.5.0
+	 *
+	 * @param string  $tag_name     Name of tag to create.
+	 * @param ?array  $attributes   Key/value pairs of attribute names and their values.
+	 *                              Values may be boolean, null, or a string.
+	 * @param ?string $inner_text   Will always be escaped to preserve the given string in the rendered page.
+	 * @param ?string $element_type 'self-closing' to self-close the generated HTML for a custom-element.
+	 *                              This only generates the self-closing flag for non-HTML tags, as HTML
+	 *                              itself contains no self-closing tags.
+	 * @return string|null          Generated HTML for the tag if provided valid inputs, otherwise null.
+	 */
+	public static function tag( $tag_name, $attributes = null, $inner_text = null, $element_type = 'html' ) {
+		if (
+			! is_string( $tag_name ) ||
+			( null !== $attributes && ! is_array( $attributes ) ) ||
+			( null !== $inner_text && ! is_string( $inner_text ) )
+		) {
+			return null;
+		}
+
+		// Validate tag name.
+		if ( 0 === strlen( $tag_name ) ) {
+			return null;
+		}
+
+		// Compare the first byte against [a-zA-Z].
+		$tag_initial = ord( $tag_name[0] );
+		if (
+			// Before A or after Z.
+			( $tag_initial < 65 || $tag_initial > 90 ) &&
+
+			// Before a or after z.
+			( $tag_initial < 97 || $tag_initial > 122 )
+		) {
+			return null;
+		}
+		if ( strlen( $tag_name ) !== strcspn( $tag_name, " \t\f\r\n/>" ) ) {
+			return null;
+		}
+
+		$is_void     = WP_HTML_Processor::is_void( $tag_name );
+		$self_closes = (
+			! $is_void &&
+			'self-closing' === $element_type &&
+			! WP_HTML_Processor::is_html_tag( $tag_name )
+		);
+
+		/*
+		 * This is unexpected with the closing tag, but it's required
+		 * for special tags with modifiable text, such as TEXTAREA.
+		 */
+		$source_html = $self_closes ? "<{$tag_name}/></{$tag_name}>" : "<{$tag_name}></{$tag_name}>";
+
+		$processor = new WP_HTML_Tag_Processor( $source_html );
+		$processor->next_tag();
+
+		if ( null !== $attributes ) {
+			foreach ( $attributes as $name => $value ) {
+				$processor->set_attribute( $name, $value );
+			}
+		}
+
+		/*
+		 * Strip off expected closing tag; it will be appropriately
+		 * re-added if necessary after appending the inner text.
+		 */
+		$html = substr( $processor->get_updated_html(), 0, -strlen( "</{$tag_name}>" ) );
+
+		if ( $is_void || $self_closes ) {
+			return $html;
+		}
+
+		if ( $inner_text ) {
+			$big_tag_name = strtoupper( $tag_name );
+
+			/*
+			 * Since HTML PRE and TEXTAREA elements strip a leading newline, if
+			 * their inner content contains a leading newline, then they _need_
+			 * to begin with a leading newline before the inner text so that it
+			 * doesn't confuse the syntax for the content.
+			 */
+			if (
+				( 'PRE' === $big_tag_name || 'TEXTAREA' === $big_tag_name ) &&
+				"\n" === $inner_text[0]
+			) {
+				$html .= "\n";
+			}
+
+			switch ( $big_tag_name ) {
+				case 'SCRIPT':
+				case 'STYLE':
+					/*
+					 * Over-zealously prevent escaping from SCRIPT and STYLE tags.
+					 * It would be more complete to run the Tag Processor and look
+					 * for the appropriate closers, but that requires parsing the
+					 * contents which could add unexpected cost. This simplification
+					 * will reject some rare and valid SCRIPT and STYLE text contents,
+					 * but will never allow invalid ones.
+					 */
+					if ( false !== stripos( $inner_text, "</{$big_tag_name}" ) ) {
+						return null;
+					}
+					$html .= $inner_text;
+					break;
+
+				default:
+					$html .= esc_html( $inner_text );
+			}
+		}
+
+		$html .= "</{$tag_name}>";
+
+		return $html;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/wp-settings.php b/src/wp-settings.php
index c8835db31a005..a54dfa22ac35f 100644
--- a/src/wp-settings.php
+++ b/src/wp-settings.php
@@ -245,6 +245,7 @@
 require ABSPATH . WPINC . '/html-api/class-wp-html-token.php';
 require ABSPATH . WPINC . '/html-api/class-wp-html-processor-state.php';
 require ABSPATH . WPINC . '/html-api/class-wp-html-processor.php';
+require ABSPATH . WPINC . '/html-api/class-wp-html.php';
 require ABSPATH . WPINC . '/class-wp-http.php';
 require ABSPATH . WPINC . '/class-wp-http-streams.php';
 require ABSPATH . WPINC . '/class-wp-http-curl.php';