Title: changes in wordpress-popular-posts.php not reflected
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# changes in wordpress-popular-posts.php not reflected

 *  [jacksheo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jacksheo/)
 * (@jacksheo)
 * [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changes-in-wordpress-popular-postsphp-not-reflected/)
 * Hi,
 * I added the wordpress popular posts widget to the middle column in the footer(
   see “Popular Reads” at [http://www.jacksheo.com](http://www.jacksheo.com)).
 * In the widget, I enabled “Use custom HTML Markup” and added in some simple HTML
   into both “Before / after Popular Posts:” & “Before / after each post:”
 * I then proceeded to the Plugins section to try and edit the page “wordpress-popular-
   posts/wordpress-popular-posts.php”
 * I added the “</span>” tag to the end of lines 719, 815, 825 to try to resolve
   the border that is surrounding each post under the Popular Reads section. But
   these changes are not reflected on the webpage. When I “view source”, the “</
   span>” tag is not inside.
 * What did I miss?
 * Thanks in advance for any pointers.
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-popular-posts/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-popular-posts/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Hector Cabrera](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hcabrera/)
 * (@hcabrera)
 * [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changes-in-wordpress-popular-postsphp-not-reflected/#post-2452728)
 * Hi Jack,
 * Just checked your site. Problem is you’re wrapping the entire content with the
   span _small-custom-frame_, not just the image. That is why each popular post 
   is getting the grey border.
 * Can you please post here the code you used on the _Use custom HTML Markup_ section?
 *  Thread Starter [jacksheo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jacksheo/)
 * (@jacksheo)
 * [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changes-in-wordpress-popular-postsphp-not-reflected/#post-2452731)
 * Hi Hector,
 * Yes, I am aware that the span tag is causing the problem. I thought by adding
   a </span> tag to wordpress-popular-posts.php, the problem would be solved. But
   even after adding the </span> tag, it does not appear on my website when I view
   source.
 * I used the following codes in _Use custom HTML Markup_ section:
 * 1) Before / after Popular Posts:
    [**<ul class=”small-thumb”>**] []
 * 2) Before / after each post:
    [
    - <span class=”small-custom-frame alignleft”>
    - ] []
 *  Thread Starter [jacksheo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jacksheo/)
 * (@jacksheo)
 * [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changes-in-wordpress-popular-postsphp-not-reflected/#post-2452732)
 * 1) Before / after Popular Posts:
    <ul class=”small-thumb”> &
 * 2) Before / after each post:
    - <span class=”small-custom-frame alignleft”> &

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 * Last activity: [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changes-in-wordpress-popular-postsphp-not-reflected/#post-2452732)
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