diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Extensions/HtmlEncodedStringExtensions.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Extensions/HtmlEncodedStringExtensions.cs
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+using System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis;
+using Umbraco.Cms.Core.Strings;
+
+namespace Umbraco.Extensions;
+
+public static class HtmlEncodedStringExtensions
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Checks if the specified <see cref="IHtmlEncodedString" /> is <c>null</c> or only contains whitespace, optionally after all HTML tags have been stripped/removed.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="htmlEncodedString">The encoded HTML string.</param>
+    /// <param name="stripHtml">If set to <c>true</c> strips/removes all HTML tags.</param>
+    /// <returns>
+    /// Returns <c>true</c> if the HTML string is <c>null</c> or only contains whitespace, optionally after all HTML tags have been stripped/removed.
+    /// </returns>
+    public static bool IsNullOrWhiteSpace([NotNullWhen(false)] this IHtmlEncodedString? htmlEncodedString, bool stripHtml = false)
+        => (htmlEncodedString?.ToHtmlString() is var htmlString && string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(htmlString)) ||
+           (stripHtml && string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(htmlString.StripHtml()));
+}
diff --git a/tests/Umbraco.Tests.UnitTests/Umbraco.Core/Extensions/HtmlEncodedStringExtensionsTests.cs b/tests/Umbraco.Tests.UnitTests/Umbraco.Core/Extensions/HtmlEncodedStringExtensionsTests.cs
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+using Moq;
+using NUnit.Framework;
+using Umbraco.Cms.Core.Strings;
+using Umbraco.Extensions;
+
+namespace Umbraco.Cms.Tests.UnitTests.Umbraco.Core.Extensions;
+
+[TestFixture]
+public class HtmlEncodedStringExtensionsTests
+{
+    [TestCase(null, false, true)]
+    [TestCase("", false, true)]
+    [TestCase("   ", false, true)]
+    [TestCase("This is a non-empty string", false, false)]
+    [TestCase("<p>This is a non-empty string</p>", true,false)]
+    [TestCase("<p>This is a non-empty string</p>", false,false)]
+    [TestCase("<p></p>", true, true)]
+    [TestCase("<p></p>", false, false)]
+    public void IsNullOrWhiteSpace(string? htmlString, bool stripHtml, bool expectedResult)
+    {
+        var htmlEncodedString = htmlString == null ? null : Mock.Of<IHtmlEncodedString>(x => x.ToHtmlString() == htmlString);
+        var result = htmlEncodedString.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(stripHtml: stripHtml);
+
+        Assert.AreEqual(expectedResult, result);
+    }
+}