Title: Footnotes and HTML
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Footnotes and HTML

 *  [DFlynn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dflynn/)
 * (@dflynn)
 * [14 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/footnotes-and-html/)
 * Whats wrong? Now, every time I save my post, or update it in “visual mode” the
   html for my footnotes is stripped. They work or ‘stick’ only if the post is updated
   in HTLM mode. I am using the latest version of WordPress. It is the same whether
   I use Windows Live Writer or Scribefire.
 * What gives? This needs to be fixed.

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [14 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/footnotes-and-html/#post-2392592)
 * Donlt try to add HTML markup using the Visual Editir. That’s what the HTML tab
   is forr. Don’t switch edting tabs either. Pick a tab and stick to it.
 *  Thread Starter [DFlynn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dflynn/)
 * (@dflynn)
 * [14 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/footnotes-and-html/#post-2392733)
 * I am sorry but this is really bad for me as a researcher.
 * Ive tried what you say, and it now strips the html. Or, the numbers look like
   they are hypertexted, but they do nothing.
 *  Thread Starter [DFlynn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dflynn/)
 * (@dflynn)
 * [14 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/footnotes-and-html/#post-2392734)
 * here is what happens:
 * I use Live Writer as its the best for footnotes for me:
 * It creates the following:
 * [<sup>1</sup>](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/footnotes-and-html/?output_format=md#_ftn1_8545)
 * If I move to visual mode, that gets converted to this:
 * [[<sup>1</sup>
 * I dont even know if the code will appear here when I hit post.
 * I tried searching the archives for any solutions previously posted. I found one,
   but I do not understand it. I am a historian, not code writer/reader.
 * The problem with staying in only the html mode is that you lose most of the editing
   features found under visual which I use a lot like, underline and move text left,
   etc.
 * Please, I would like to get a fix to this.
 *  [kmessinger](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kmessinger/)
 * (@kmessinger)
 * [14 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/footnotes-and-html/#post-2392735)
 * You might want to check out a plugin like [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/simple-tinymce-button-upgrade/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/simple-tinymce-button-upgrade/)
 *  Thread Starter [DFlynn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dflynn/)
 * (@dflynn)
 * [14 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/footnotes-and-html/#post-2392736)
 * Sigh….
 * Ive replaced < and > with underscore
    Liverwriter:
 * _a href=”#_ftn1_8545″ name=”_ftnref1_8545″__sup_1_/sup__/a_
 * becomes:
 * _a name=”_ftnref1_8545″ href=”#_ftn1_8545″__a__sup_1_/sup_
 *  Thread Starter [DFlynn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dflynn/)
 * (@dflynn)
 * [14 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/footnotes-and-html/#post-2392738)
 * hey KM,
 * I installed that plugin, and its there in the right directory, its activated,
   but nothing, nada, still the same old editing features. So it looks like that
   is a bust.
 * Given these sorts of bugs, Ive talked to my computer tech friend and, at his 
   suggestion, he is looking into other blogger programs. The footnotes have been
   working fine for 3+ years now, and then suddenly they stop working.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 6 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [DFlynn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dflynn/)
 * Last activity: [14 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/footnotes-and-html/#post-2392738)
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