Title: Posts spammed by "span" and "span class"
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Posts spammed by "span" and "span class"

 *  [hansbeen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hansbeen/)
 * (@hansbeen)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/posts-spammed-by-span-class/)
 * I come across some of my posts that seem to be normal, but if you look in text
   editor mode they look like this
 *     ```
       <span id="result_box" class="" lang="nl"><span class="hps">Sjamanistische</span> <span class="hps">drummen</span> <span class="hps">is over het algemeen</span> <span class="hps">eenvoudig</span> <span class="hps">en repetitief</span>, en wordt <span class="hps">vaak beschouwd</span> <span class="hps">als een vorm van</span> <span class="hps">gebed of</span> <span class="hps">methode</span> <span class="hps">om in</span> <span class="hps">trance</span> <span class="hps">te raken</span>. <span class="hps">Tijdens een</span> <span class="hps">sjamanistische</span> <span class="hps">trance</span> <span class="hps">of</span> <span class="hps">sjamanistische</span> <span class="hps">reis</span> maakt <span class="hps">de sjamaan</span> <span class="hps">gebruik van de</span> <span class="hps">constante</span> <span class="hps">beat van de</span> <span class="hps">drum</span> <span class="hps atn">als een "</span>levenslijn" om de <span class="hps">weg terug te vinden naar de</span> <span class="hps">wereld van het</span> <span class="hps">gewone bewustzijn</span><span class="hps">.</span>
       <span class="hps">Merk op dat in</span> <span class="hps">deze culturen</span>, <span class="hps">de</span> <span class="hps">term</span> <span class="hps">"Drum</span> <span class="hps">Circle"</span> <span class="hps">zeker</span> <span class="hps">niet</span> <span class="hps">gebruikt</span> wordt, <span class="hps">eerder</span> <span class="hps atn">'</span>drum-<span class="hps">ceremonie</span> <span class="hps atn">"</span>of" ceremonieel <span class="hps">drummen</span> <span class="hps atn">"</span>.
       ```
   
 * while this is the plain text (as seen on my website)
    Sjamanistische drummen 
   is over het algemeen eenvoudig en repetitief, en wordt vaak beschouwd als een
   vorm van gebed of methode om in trance te raken. Tijdens een sjamanistische trance
   of sjamanistische reis maakt de sjamaan gebruik van de constante beat van de 
   drum als een “levenslijn” om de weg terug te vinden naar de wereld van het gewone
   bewustzijn. Merk op dat in deze culturen, de term “Drum Circle” zeker niet gebruikt
   wordt, eerder ‘drum-ceremonie “of” ceremonieel drummen “.
 * see the difference? 🙂
 * Now my question: how did that ended up there?
    I didn’t put it there, I am not
   even aware what span or span class means. Could it be by copying texts from another
   website?
 * Thanx beforehand for any answers
    Hans

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/posts-spammed-by-span-class/#post-6560239)
 * Have you tried:
 * – deactivating **all** plugins to see if this resolves the problem. If this works,
   re-activate the plugins one by one until you find the problematic plugin(s).
 * – switching to the default theme to rule out any theme-specific problems.
 * If the problem persists using the 2015 theme with no active plugins, then, yes,
   it’s likely that this has been copied in from another web page – a practice we
   do not recommend for this very reason.
 *  [dirkd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dirkd/)
 * (@dirkd)
 * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/posts-spammed-by-span-class/#post-6560472)
 * Maybe you solved the problem already because the topic started one month ago,
   but maybe this helps anyway.
    I had exactly the same problem. Those span classes
   appeared when I used Google translate. When you copy the translated part from
   inside the Google translator and paste in the WP editor you will get all those
   spans. You can easily strip all that rubbish by pasting the text inside a plain
   text editor first and copy again from there.
 *  Thread Starter [hansbeen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hansbeen/)
 * (@hansbeen)
 * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/posts-spammed-by-span-class/#post-6560473)
 * Thanx DirkD, that was probalby it. I wonder how Google might support such a lousy
   copy-funtion

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