Title: PHP being rendered as plain text Last modified: August 21, 2016 --- # PHP being rendered as plain text * Resolved [Perkin5](https://wordpress.org/support/users/perkin5/) * (@perkin5) * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-being-rendered-as-plain-text/) * In order to load an image in a page, I am using to get the template url but instead of giving me a uri the code snippet is being rendered as plain text. I alsi tried with the same result * I’m using the Underscores theme and WAMP as a local server * What can be going on? Viewing 7 replies - 1 through 7 (of 7 total) * [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/) * (@anevins) * WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-being-rendered-as-plain-text/#post-5094774) * In which file are you putting this code? * Thread Starter [Perkin5](https://wordpress.org/support/users/perkin5/) * (@perkin5) * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-being-rendered-as-plain-text/#post-5094799) * I entered it in the Page Editor so it would have been put in the database. Is there a wp database security setting I wonder to prevent code injection? * [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/) * (@anevins) * WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-being-rendered-as-plain-text/#post-5094803) * The page editor doesn’t render PHP. Are you creating your own theme? * Thread Starter [Perkin5](https://wordpress.org/support/users/perkin5/) * (@perkin5) * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-being-rendered-as-plain-text/#post-5094809) * Yes, I’m creating a theme based on Underscores. * If the page editor doesn’t render php, how do I pull in an image from my theme image folder? Surely I need to get the theme directory url with a wp template tag? * [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/) * (@anevins) * WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-being-rendered-as-plain-text/#post-5094810) * Generally assets that you’re adding into the page editor should be things from the ‘uploads’ directory. Assets from the ‘theme’ directory should be added into templates. * [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/) * (@anevins) * WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-being-rendered-as-plain-text/#post-5094812) * You can edit a template in Appearance > Editor _[http://codex.wordpress.org/Appearance\_Editor\_Screen](http://codex.wordpress.org/Appearance_Editor_Screen)_ * Thread Starter [Perkin5](https://wordpress.org/support/users/perkin5/) * (@perkin5) * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-being-rendered-as-plain-text/#post-5094839) * Ah – new to wp and hadn’t appreciated that. * Actually I prepare all content in Subime Text 2 and cut and paste into the Page Editor so it’s easy to get carried away? * Thanks for responses Viewing 7 replies - 1 through 7 (of 7 total) The topic ‘PHP being rendered as plain text’ is closed to new replies. ## Tags * [code](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/code/) * [php](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/php/) * [tag](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/tag/) * [underscores](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/underscores/) * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 7 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [Perkin5](https://wordpress.org/support/users/perkin5/) * Last activity: [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-being-rendered-as-plain-text/#post-5094839) * Status: resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics