Title: visible HTML tags
Last modified: March 3, 2017

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# visible HTML tags

 *  ResolvedPlugin Contributor [Joy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joyously/)
 * (@joyously)
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/visible-html-tags/)
 * In this theme ticket, [https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/38431](https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/38431)
   
   the Theme Check output visible HTML tags.
 * RECOMMENDED: No reference to nav_menu’s was found in the theme. Note that if 
   your theme has a menu bar, it is required to use the WordPress nav_menu functionality
   for it.
    <span class=’tc-lead tc-recommended’>RECOMMENDED</span>: This theme 
   contains no sidebars/widget areas. See Widgets API

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 *  Plugin Author [Samuel Wood (Otto)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/otto42/)
 * (@otto42)
 * WordPress.org Admin
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/visible-html-tags/#post-8874329)
 * Theme Check is meant to be run on your own test site. That way, you can get this
   information prior to uploading. If you’re getting any of these messages, you 
   should probably fix them before submitting the theme.
 * That said, yes, the addition of the theme check data to the tickets is rather
   recent, so we’re sure to find things like this. In the meantime, a whole new 
   theme check is being developed and we’ll probably switch to that at some future
   point.
 *  Plugin Contributor [Joy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joyously/)
 * (@joyously)
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/visible-html-tags/#post-8874390)
 * Thanks, I just thought you might want to fix it. It’s not my theme; I’m a reviewer.

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 * Last activity: [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/visible-html-tags/#post-8874390)
 * Status: resolved