Title: Do not mangle html and javascript
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Do not mangle html and javascript

 *  [auniquename](https://wordpress.org/support/users/auniquename/)
 * (@auniquename)
 * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/do-not-mangle-html-and-javascript/)
 * Like the subject says. It would be awesome to have a version of WordPress that
   does not mangle html and javascript. If I type it in the text box then it should
   stay **exactly** as I type it.

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/do-not-mangle-html-and-javascript/#post-4866954)
 * Can you be a little more specific. In what way does WordPress “mangle ” HTML &
   CSS?
 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/do-not-mangle-html-and-javascript/#post-4867018)
 * You should never be posting javascript inside posts, actually, that’s just a 
   security nightmare.
 * If you MUST, then use the text editor (not the visual one).
 *  Thread Starter [auniquename](https://wordpress.org/support/users/auniquename/)
 * (@auniquename)
 * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/do-not-mangle-html-and-javascript/#post-4867084)
 * Not a security “nightmare”. Such sensationalism. You must remember that a large
   part of WordPress installs are used as a single admin CMS and not a blogging 
   platform.
 * Again we come back to the lack of permissions and roles functionality in the 
   wordpress core.
 * I would rather code a site from scratch and leave wordpress out of it altogether,
   however that is not my employers choice. So being forced to use wordpress as 
   a CMS (without customisation), I would like it to work like one and to stop mangling
   my code.
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/do-not-mangle-html-and-javascript/#post-4867088)
 * > Can you be a little more specific. In what way does WordPress “mangle ” HTML&
   > CSS?
 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/do-not-mangle-html-and-javascript/#post-4867116)
 * > Not a security “nightmare”. Such sensationalism. You must remember that a large
   > part of WordPress installs are used as a single admin CMS and not a blogging
   > platform.
 * Not sensationalism, experience. After years of supporting the majority of WP 
   users (aka: non admins) I promise you it’s a fast track to people being absolutely
   reckless. You and I can do it wisely. The rest of ’em? Well. No. Heck, on Multisite,
   we lock that stuff down so you can’t even use iframes unless you’re the super
   admin.
 * You must remember that a large part of WordPress installs are maintained by non-
   technical people, and it’s on us to protect them. That’s why we made shortcodes
   and the like.

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 * In: [Requests and Feedback](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/requests-and-feedback/)
 * 5 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * Last activity: [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/do-not-mangle-html-and-javascript/#post-4867116)
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