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I'm trying to create a post on a WP 3.8 blog using the text editor that includes a <pre> tag with some JavaScript inside it. This JavaScript code happens to have a comment line that contains the string <html>. For some reason when I save a draft of the post, WP is adding </html> to the end of the code block right before the </pre>, right in the text editor.

I have the Crayon syntax highlighter installed, but it shouldn't come into play while I'm editing the post. It's almost like WP sees an open <html> tag and is proactively trying to close it. I also tried escaping the angle brackets but the preview of the post showed the actual &lt; and &gt;. I even tried putting the <html> string inside a <code> block inside the <pre>, but the extra </html> was still added.

Any idea why this is happening?

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In the admin menu under Settings -> Writing, make sure the option to correct invalid XHTML is unchecked.

Ref: http://codex.wordpress.org/Settings_Writing_Screen

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  • So what you are saying is that it is good practice to use invalid XHTML, just uncheck above mentioned box.
    – Pieter Goosen
    Commented Mar 2, 2014 at 12:54
  • Please reread the question. The OP isn't using invalid code in a theme or plugin; code is being used inside a pre tag inside a post.
    – Morgan Estes
    Commented Mar 2, 2014 at 13:28

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