Your theme or another plugin is putting paragraph tags in the HTML
The theme you are using could be causing it…
Do this as a test:
In Admin, click on Appearance, Themes.
Temporarily activate your theme to a WP default one…
“WordPress Default” theme(default for WP 2.0+), or
“Twenty Ten” (default for WP 3.0+), or
“Twenty Eleven” (default for WP 3.2+) or
“Twenty Twelve” (default for WP 3.5+) or
“Twenty Thirteen” (default for WP 3.6+)
It does not cause any harm to your WP to temporarily change the theme, test if the errors went away, and then and change the theme back.
Does it work properly with a default WP theme?
If it does, then the theme you are using is the cause. Use a different theme or report the errors to the theme developer.
Maybe another plugin is conflicting.
Look on the Admin – Plugins – menu.
Temporarily Disable (not uninstall) all your other plugins.
Did the problem you were having go away? If yes, Activate each of the plugins, one by one, to determine which one conflicts. Test if the problem goes away after activating each plugin one at a time. This way you can determine which plugin was causing the problem. Once you determine a plugin is conflicting, check the plugin version to be sure it is compatible with your version of WP. Sometimes plugins are no longer updated, then new WP versions come out and the plugin will generate errors or no longer function as intended. Report any problems you find to the plugin author.
The same thing has happened to me after updating and it doesn’t appear that my plugins are to blame. Is there CSS code to reduce the space at the top? Thanks in advance.
Hi Mike:
I found an error in my functions.php that I removed and the space disappeared. It was associated with code meant to keep extraneous p-tags from surrounding shortcodes. Whether that can help blkrooster — ?
But I’m good now – thanks for your replies!
