Title: validation
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# validation

 *  Resolved [hrmony17](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hrmony17/)
 * (@hrmony17)
 * [12 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/validation-14/)
 * I noticed that this topic came up here:
 * [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-tpg-get-posts-breaks-html-validation?replies=4](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-tpg-get-posts-breaks-html-validation?replies=4)
 * It seems like the validation issue was resolved almost a year ago, but when I
   go to validate my website, I’m still seeing the same div id being used multiple
   times, breaking my validation.
 * BTW, I love the plugin – very easy for a WordPress newbie to use, but I’m worried
   about the validation issue.
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/tpg-get-posts/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/tpg-get-posts/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Criss Swaim](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cswaim/)
 * (@cswaim)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/validation-14/#post-3938364)
 * thanks for the reminder….This is a problem as the very design which allows the
   shortcode to be used multiple times on a page will create the duplicate ids.
 * The other problem is the plugin has been used in so many sites, I must maintain
   backwards compatibility.
 * I will look at this again. I will be pushing out an update by the end of August
   and will add this to the list of items to review.
 *  Thread Starter [hrmony17](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hrmony17/)
 * (@hrmony17)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/validation-14/#post-3938412)
 * I’m only running mine once on a page and it’s still not validating. #tpg-gp-content-
   div occurs every time you call up a .tpg-get-posts-post. Couldn’t you change #
   tpg-gp-content-div to .tpg-gp-content-div to fix that? I think that’s all that’s
   invalidating my home page. I can see there’s a bigger problem with running the
   shortcode multiple times on a page.
 * As far as backwards compatibility, are you meaning you’re worried that the css
   modifications people have made won’t work anymore with a further update? I would
   think including a note in the update on what they need to do would be sufficient.
   Maybe you’re referring to something else I don’t know about/understand. Good 
   luck!
 *  Plugin Author [Criss Swaim](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cswaim/)
 * (@cswaim)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/validation-14/#post-3938439)
 * I am looking at changing this with release 3.0, which should be out in August.
   It is a bit more involved as I don’t want to break existing sites that might 
   be using the div id to format the layout.
 * My approach is to push out release 2.5 which has a ‘freeze’ option so if a site
   has code which will be broken by the new release, the plugin can be told to ignore
   any updates.
 * I am changing and testing the ver 3.0 and will that will remove all references
   to divisions or make them unique, but not sure which way will be best.
 * If you are interested in a pre-release version to test on your site, contact 
   me at webmaster – tpginc.net. I hope to have it working next week.

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 * [div](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/div/)
 * [id](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/id/)
 * [validation](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/validation/)

 * 3 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [Criss Swaim](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cswaim/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/validation-14/#post-3938439)
 * Status: resolved