Title: Comments aren't XHTML Valid
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Comments aren't XHTML Valid

 *  [n4ce](https://wordpress.org/support/users/n4ce/)
 * (@n4ce)
 * [14 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comments-arent-xhtml-valid/)
 * I am attempting to validate my site with w3c validation service and it appears
   that the commenting system in wordpress is not XHTML Valid. Errors only appear
   when comments are enabled.
 * To check the error for yourself you can go here: [http://magickandme.co.uk/about/](http://magickandme.co.uk/about/)
   and click the w3c validator button at the bottom.
 * Hope someone can help.
 * Thank you

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 *  [kreativjustin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kreativjustin/)
 * (@kreativjustin)
 * [14 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comments-arent-xhtml-valid/#post-2026488)
 * I didn’t see any errors for comments.
 *  [kmessinger](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kmessinger/)
 * (@kmessinger)
 * [14 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comments-arent-xhtml-valid/#post-2026492)
 * The two errors are most likely coming from your theme, iblogpro. You can check
   that by switching to twentyten theme and validating.
 *  Thread Starter [n4ce](https://wordpress.org/support/users/n4ce/)
 * (@n4ce)
 * [14 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comments-arent-xhtml-valid/#post-2026494)
 * I’ll try that and let you know
 *  Thread Starter [n4ce](https://wordpress.org/support/users/n4ce/)
 * (@n4ce)
 * [14 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comments-arent-xhtml-valid/#post-2026498)
 * This actually throws up more error. I have validated pages without comments active.
   It appears to only show invalid results when comments enabled.
 * I will post this error on the pagelines website also.
 * Thanks
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [14 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comments-arent-xhtml-valid/#post-2026514)
 * > it appears that the commenting system in wordpress is not XHTML Valid
 * Correct. The default comment form uses HTML 5.
 *  [kmessinger](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kmessinger/)
 * (@kmessinger)
 * [14 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comments-arent-xhtml-valid/#post-2026540)
 * Good to know. Since the errors were, there is no attribute “aria-required, I 
   thought theme.
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [14 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comments-arent-xhtml-valid/#post-2026543)
 * It’s pretty easy to fix. Just create your own custom comment form via custom 
   arguments for [comment_form](http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/comment_form).
   That said, those 2 role attributes aren’t going to cause any harm.
 *  Thread Starter [n4ce](https://wordpress.org/support/users/n4ce/)
 * (@n4ce)
 * [14 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comments-arent-xhtml-valid/#post-2026544)
 * Wouldn’t know were to start _esmi_. I’m very new to all this.
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [14 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comments-arent-xhtml-valid/#post-2026545)
 * If they are the only 2 errors on your Pages, I really wouldn’t worry about it.
   They are not going to cause problems for any user and really only demonstrate
   that dumb software parsers are just that – dumb. 🙂

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