Title: html in post breaks my WordPress
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# html in post breaks my WordPress

 *  dan
 * [22 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/html-in-post-breaks-my-wordpress/)
 * If I have any html tags in my message when I try to post a submission the browser
   goes to a http 404 error and nothing is submitted. If the post has no html in
   it, everything works fine.
    Also, when I try to add a link catagory I get a http
   404 error regardless. Can anyone give me a clue?

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 *  [antifuse](https://wordpress.org/support/users/antifuse/)
 * (@antifuse)
 * [22 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/html-in-post-breaks-my-wordpress/#post-33819)
 * What page is getting the 404? Maybe you’re missing a file somewhere…
 *  Thread Starter Anonymous
 * [22 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/html-in-post-breaks-my-wordpress/#post-33823)
 * In reference to the html tags in a post problem:
    It occurs when I use post.php
   which evidently calls it’s self. The url in the browser address block is to post.
   php whis is definitely there. I suspect that there is a problem within post.php
   or a file it refers to when dealing with html code. The problem with the link
   catagories is similar. When using link-categories.php , which also calls it’s
   self when the form is submitted , I got a 404 error for the file link-categories.
   php which I just used. Hope that is is clearer then I think it is. Thanks, Dan
 *  Thread Starter Anonymous
 * [22 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/html-in-post-breaks-my-wordpress/#post-33825)
 * I probably should mention that WordPress was installed via Fantastico and that
   my web host providers are real sticklers for secruity to the point of being annoying.
   Could the php.ini settings have anything to do with it?
    Dan
 *  Thread Starter Anonymous
 * [22 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/html-in-post-breaks-my-wordpress/#post-33899)
 * I found the answer to this. My host providers, for security reasons, have shut
   down the passing of html through “get” and “post”.
 *  Moderator [Matt Mullenweg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/matt/)
 * (@matt)
 * [22 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/html-in-post-breaks-my-wordpress/#post-33900)
 * I’ve never heard of anything like that. Honestly, I would recommend finding a
   new host. There have been several recommendations (and even some free offers)
   here on the forums.

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 * Last reply from: [Matt Mullenweg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/matt/)
 * Last activity: [22 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/html-in-post-breaks-my-wordpress/#post-33900)
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