Title: HTML Stripping
Last modified: February 28, 2018
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# HTML Stripping
* Resolved [ampedandy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ampedandy/)
* (@ampedandy)
* [8 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/html-stripping-3/)
* I have a very basic need, which I (almost) solved with some very basic html.
* The trouble is that when I use this in a product description, the code ends up
getting reformated as you see in the link provided.
* It should appear as it does on this page (about 1/2 way down)
[https://www.coachmansdelight.com/online-learning/live-online-classes/](https://www.coachmansdelight.com/online-learning/live-online-classes/)
* I’ve tried several form plugins to make a similar dialog, but they are all centered
on gathering information from the user, rather than providing information. I
have not yet found one that just allows this very basic user interface for a
simple answer to a common question.
* What do you suggest?
* The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fhtml-stripping-3%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
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* [Peter Lawrenson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lorro/)
* (@lorro)
* [8 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/html-stripping-3/#post-10026289)
* Consider making a custom shortcode to output your html. This will bypass the
editor filter so you can use whichever tags you need.
* So your product description would contain: [my_shortcode_name]
* To give it effect, use:
* ```
my html here
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Dynamik –
Custom Options–> Custom Functions
* Ok can’t get it past the code checker or the Custom Functions plugin
* Thread Starter [ampedandy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ampedandy/)
* (@ampedandy)
* [8 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/html-stripping-3/#post-10029744)
* OK, I’ve sorted it out on the functions plugin. Thanks for that tip.
* Two more questions:
* Do the “my function” names have to match the “my shortcode” name?
I’m assuming
that I replace: function my_function with: function time_check
* Second;
I added the shortcode on the second line of text in the content, but
it shows up in the first line of text.
* [Peter Lawrenson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lorro/)
* (@lorro)
* [8 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/html-stripping-3/#post-10029788)
* 1. Yes.
* 2. You’ll need to return the html, not print it. The easiest way to do this is
to open a buffer, make the output, then return the buffer contents:
* ```
function ..
ob_start();
?>
etc
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