Title: Visual Editor overrides HTML Editor
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Visual Editor overrides HTML Editor

 *  [randygarmon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/randygarmon/)
 * (@randygarmon)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/visual-editor-overrides-html-editor/)
 * I was pasting some code for a page and discovered that the Visual Editor was 
   adding code not placed there in the HTML Editor. I pasted first in the HTML editor
   and then previewed in the Visual Editor. I noticed a discrepancy and then went
   back to the HTML Editor only to find added code.
 * The only work-around I found was to paste the code in the HTML editor and NEVER
   preview in the Visual Editor. I hit Update as soon as the code was pasted into
   the HTML Editor and then navigated away from the page. All is well as long as
   I never preview in the Visual Editor.
 * For some reason the Visual Editor kept adding <tbody> tags.

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/visual-editor-overrides-html-editor/#post-3093150)
 * Never switch between editing tabs. Pick a tab and stick to it – otherwise you
   risk any of your markup being totally wrecked by the WYSIWYG editor.
 *  Thread Starter [randygarmon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/randygarmon/)
 * (@randygarmon)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/visual-editor-overrides-html-editor/#post-3093167)
 * esmi, I agree that may be the work around, but a totally unacceptable answer.
   If the WYSIWYG editor is busted, it should be fixed. No other software would 
   even make it to beta with a bug like that.
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/visual-editor-overrides-html-editor/#post-3093170)
 * WordPress uses [TinyMCE](http://www.tinymce.com/). Perhaps you can persuade them
   to fix it? Or you could try installing an editor plugin.

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 * Last reply from: [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/visual-editor-overrides-html-editor/#post-3093170)
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