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1. g_andy
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Hey all,

   basically the problem is i can't place any sort of formatting in my authors descriptions.

   is there an addon that allows formatting code to be placed in this?

   Andy.

2. moshu
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Nope, I don't remember any.

3. g_andy
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   erm in that case is there any coding solutions? so that it picks up on the line spaces in the text for each author?

4. kelind
   Member
   Posted 6 months ago #

   I'm having the same issue. Making a website that really encourages users to get to know their authors pretty much makes formatting in the author description a necessity. Please help!

5. mmuro
   Member
   Posted 6 months ago #

   Google search found this solution: http://www.zachgraeve.com/2009/02/18/allow-html-in-wordpress-author-bios/

   To solve this problem, I found a bypass that will allow WordPress to accept HTML markup in the bio.

   To do this, you need to open and edit the file: /wp-includes/registration.php

   Do a search for the following line of code:

   $description = apply_filters(’pre_user_description’, $description);

   You need to comment out that line. This is done by adding a // to the start of the line, like this:

   //$description = apply_filters(’pre_user_description’, $description);

   This will stop WordPress from filtering out your HTML in the author bio field.

6. asechrest
   Member
   Posted 6 months ago #

   You can remove the filtering without editing a core WordPress file.

   Just for kicks I looked into the filtering process. I wrote a post describing the kses filtering process and how to allow HTML.

   Hope it helps.

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