Title: Ordered lists with paragraphs
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# Ordered lists with paragraphs

 *  Resolved [c-m](https://wordpress.org/support/users/c-m/)
 * (@c-m)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ordered-lists-with-paragraphs/)
 * I’m posting a guide on my wordpress site, but finding that the editor doesn’t
   play nice with what I’m trying to achieve.
 * I want to layout my guide as follows:
 * >  1. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet
   >  Consectetur adipiscing elit. Nullam id interdum nunc, nec varius felis. Sed
   > rutrum, ante eget vulputate rhoncus, risus dui rhoncus elit.
   >  2. Consectetur adipiscing elit
   >  Nullam id interdum nunc, nec varius felis. Sed rutrum, ante eget vulputate
   > rhoncus, risus dui rhoncus elit.
   >  Sed rutrum, ante eget vulputate rhoncus, risus dui rhoncus elit.
 * I want to use a list feature to take advantage of automatic numbering and easy
   styling of numbers.

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 *  [lisa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/contentiskey/)
 * (@contentiskey)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ordered-lists-with-paragraphs/#post-7070446)
 * Please share the html that you are using that you feel is not working.
 *     ```
       <ol>
   
       <p>please show what you are using in this area</p>
   
       </ol>
       ```
   
 *  Thread Starter [c-m](https://wordpress.org/support/users/c-m/)
 * (@c-m)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ordered-lists-with-paragraphs/#post-7070448)
 * I’m trying to do this in the editor. But as soon as you hit return it thinks 
   the next line is line number 2 of the ordered list.
 * If I manually enter the html like:
 *     ```
       <ol><li>Title number one</li>
       <p>My first paragraph that talks about something related to the point number</p>
       <li>Title number two</li>
       <p>My second paragraph that talks about something related to the point number</p>
       </ol>
       ```
   
 * Then when I click back into the visual editor is changes my manually entered 
   HTML to:
 *     ```
       <ol>
       <ol>
       	<li>Title number one</li>
       </ol>
       </ol>
       My first paragraph that talks about something related to the point number
       <ol>
       <ol>
       	<li>Title number two</li>
       </ol>
       </ol>
       My second paragraph that talks about something related to the point number
       ```
   
 * I can work in the text editor but if I accidentally click over the visual editor
   my post is screwed up and I’d need to manually fix it each time.
 *  [lisa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/contentiskey/)
 * (@contentiskey)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ordered-lists-with-paragraphs/#post-7070479)
 * 1 will test out your methods. some of the html tags don’t seem correct.
 * 2 for what you are trying to accomplish, i think the text editor will be the 
   best area to get it done. i recommend that you do not switch in the middle of
   your work.
 *  Thread Starter [c-m](https://wordpress.org/support/users/c-m/)
 * (@c-m)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ordered-lists-with-paragraphs/#post-7070480)
 * Thanks. I know ordered lists aren’t really supposed to be used this way.
 *  [lisa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/contentiskey/)
 * (@contentiskey)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ordered-lists-with-paragraphs/#post-7070483)
 * Try something organized like this…..use text editor only.
    don’t switch between
   visual and text editor.
 *     ```
       <ol>
       <li>
       <h3>Title number one</h3>
       <p>My first paragraph that talks about something related to the point number</p>
       </li>
       <li>
       <h3>Title number two</h3>
       <p>My second paragraph that talks about something related to the point number</p>
       </li>
       </ol>
       ```
   
 *  Thread Starter [c-m](https://wordpress.org/support/users/c-m/)
 * (@c-m)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ordered-lists-with-paragraphs/#post-7070485)
 * Ah yes. that does work.
 * I’m not sure I’ll be able to stay out of the visual editor though as this is 
   a post I edit often. I suppose I can roll back a revision if I make a mistake.
 * Thanks
 *  [lisa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/contentiskey/)
 * (@contentiskey)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ordered-lists-with-paragraphs/#post-7070488)
 * you can work in the visual editor on other areas of post.
    if the html tags get
   messed up, you can fix as needed. just save the sample I provided as a general
   guide.

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 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [lisa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/contentiskey/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ordered-lists-with-paragraphs/#post-7070488)
 * Status: resolved

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