Title: Ordered List  Not working
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Ordered List Not working

 *  Resolved [smfrick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/smfrick/)
 * (@smfrick)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ordered-list-not-working/)
 * I have a blog where I’m using an ordered list
    1.  command and when I show it in preview I get 1. for each line item rather than
       getting the incrementing numbers. I’ve even tried to use the type=”1″ parameter
       in the ol, and nothing seems to work.
 *     ```
       <ol>
       <li>first item</li>
       <li>second item</li>
       <li>third item</li>
       </ol>
       ```
   
 * results:
    1. first item 1. second item 1. third item
 * Thanks for any help with this problem
    Steve

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 *  [Michael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alchymyth/)
 * (@alchymyth)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ordered-list-not-working/#post-2079775)
 * is the html that you posted something you got from viewing the html of your post/
   page in the broswser, or something that you expect to see?
 * link to your site?
 *  Thread Starter [smfrick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/smfrick/)
 * (@smfrick)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ordered-list-not-working/#post-2079776)
 * It’s actually what I see on my preview and when I publish
 *  [Michael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alchymyth/)
 * (@alchymyth)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ordered-list-not-working/#post-2079779)
 * do you see this structure:
 *     ```
       <ol>
       <li>first item</li>
       <li>second item</li>
       <li>third item</li>
       </ol>
       ```
   
 * in the **html code **in your browser?
 * (i am not asking what you see on the screen)
 *  Thread Starter [smfrick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/smfrick/)
 * (@smfrick)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ordered-list-not-working/#post-2079780)
 * Here is the page: [http://blog.ssgims.com/2011/05/13/troubleshooting-ordered-lists/](http://blog.ssgims.com/2011/05/13/troubleshooting-ordered-lists/)
 *  Thread Starter [smfrick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/smfrick/)
 * (@smfrick)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ordered-list-not-working/#post-2079786)
 * The Code I put up is what I copied from the HTML tab of the body editor. In the
   Visual Body it shows:
 * 1. test 1
    2. test 2 3. test 3
 * The problem is that’s not what I get when I preview or publish.
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ordered-list-not-working/#post-2079792)
 * Can we see the published page? Your theme may be re-styling ordered lists.
 *  Thread Starter [smfrick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/smfrick/)
 * (@smfrick)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ordered-list-not-working/#post-2079793)
 * I think I figured it out, it’s not word press. I was using Firefox, and then 
   I went to IE and had the same problem except I get a list of 0. instead of 1.
   Then I went to Chrome – no problem, Safari – no problem. It’s the browser or 
   a plug-in for the browser that isn’t working.
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ordered-list-not-working/#post-2079797)
 * List displays aren’t browser or plugin specific. My guess is that it’s a poor
   bit of CSS and the ‘0’ that you are seeing are actually list circles intended
   for a bulleted list.
 *  Thread Starter [smfrick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/smfrick/)
 * (@smfrick)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ordered-list-not-working/#post-2079803)
 * The published page is: [http://blog.ssgims.com/2011/05/13/troubleshooting-ordered-lists/](http://blog.ssgims.com/2011/05/13/troubleshooting-ordered-lists/)
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ordered-list-not-working/#post-2079804)
 * Are you sure that page is published?
 * > Not Found
   >  Error 404 – Not Found
 *  Thread Starter [smfrick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/smfrick/)
 * (@smfrick)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ordered-list-not-working/#post-2079810)
 * Sorry, my co-worker unpublished it. it should be live now
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ordered-list-not-working/#post-2079814)
 * Got it! style.css:
 *     ```
       .art-post li {
           margin: 0.2em 0;
           overflow: hidden;
           padding: 0;
       }
       ```
   
 * Remove `overflow: hidden;`.
 *  Thread Starter [smfrick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/smfrick/)
 * (@smfrick)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ordered-list-not-working/#post-2079817)
 * Awesome! Thank you so much esmi! That fixed the issue.
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ordered-list-not-working/#post-2079823)
 * No problem 🙂

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