Comments on: WordPress, stop changing my HTML code!

By: Jackie T

Jackie T — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:41:36 +0000

This plugin should help you out!
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/preserve-code-formatting/

You still need to save the page while in HTML view. When you switch to VISUAL, all bets are off…

By: Matthew

Matthew — Tue, 11 May 2010 05:12:43 +0000

Ideally wordpress would have an escape / protect code that would prohibit the visual editor from goofing up custom HTML. I’ve tried copying and pasting code from an external editor with very limited success.

By: Tyler

Tyler — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 20:43:08 +0000

Thanks sooo much. perfect!

By: Josh Stauffer

Josh Stauffer — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 02:47:12 +0000

@Julie Herrick, Thanks for your comment. Yeah, unfortunately this solution is not quite adequate for users not as familiar with HTML.

What you can do is publish the post as you want it to appear without the widget. Once it is published, edit your user profile and disable the visual editor. Next, go back and edit your post to add the widget code where you want it to appear and update the post. Finally, go back to your profile and enable the visual editor. Hope this helps!

By: Julie Herrick

Julie Herrick — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 01:54:52 +0000

I get a similar problem. I’ve tried inserting widgets and buttons from other sites that generate code for me. For example, there’s a Facebook Fan Page widget that I’m trying to embed. I copy the code from Facebook, paste it in my page, but then WordPress changes it so the widget doesn’t appear correctly. It’s happened with Facebook, Twitter buttons, and an event registration widget from EventBrite. I’m not experienced enough with HTML to completely fore-go the Visual Editor. I’m not sure what to do.

By: Jackson

Jackson — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 16:32:17 +0000

Thanks.

By: slobjones

slobjones — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 10:41:23 +0000

You can uncheck the box in your user settings that loads the editor in wysiwyg mode by default, but this does NOT disable the wysiwyg editor.

The editor in itself is enough to render WP an unusable blog platform.

By: Josh Stauffer

Josh Stauffer — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 18:49:40 +0000

Can you double check that you have performed the steps necessary in my post? For the email address try to use the ascii code @ instead of the @ character. Also, you might try Googling the WordPress plugin WP-Amazon and see if it helps with your problem.

By: Hillary

Hillary — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 03:20:12 +0000

I create the post in dreaweaver and then copy and paste and wordpress changes nearly all of my code. For example, I encoded my email address to hide it from spambots and wordpress keep uncoding it. In turn, it removes amazon referral links.

By: Josh Stauffer

Josh Stauffer — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 23:37:28 +0000

Can you explain what you are doing exactly?