Title: w3 validator errors on basic site Last modified: August 20, 2016 --- # w3 validator errors on basic site * [wonderwoman2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wonderwoman2/) * (@wonderwoman2) * [14 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/w3-validator-errors-on-basic-site/) * This must be something I’m doing but I can’t for the life of me figure it out. * Can someone help me understand why the base wp installation fails the w3 validator. I get 6 errors, 1 warning, and I’ve installed absolutely nothing. Changing the template from 2010 to 2011 reduces the errors to 5. * And then, of course, how can these can be fixed for good – as in when I upgrade I don’t have to worry about the errors reappearing. Viewing 8 replies - 1 through 8 (of 8 total) * [Chip Bennett](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chipbennett/) * (@chipbennett) * [14 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/w3-validator-errors-on-basic-site/#post-2182644) * What are the validation errors being reported? * Thread Starter [wonderwoman2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wonderwoman2/) * (@wonderwoman2) * [14 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/w3-validator-errors-on-basic-site/#post-2182647) * Error Line 27, Column 132: Bad value EditURI for attribute rel on element link: Keyword edituri is not registered. * …”RSD” href=”[http://www.ornsby.com.au/dummy/wordpresstemplate/xmlrpc.php?rsd”](http://www.ornsby.com.au/dummy/wordpresstemplate/xmlrpc.php?rsd”);/ > * Syntax of link type valid for : A whitespace-separated list of link types listed as allowed on in the HTML specification or listed as an allowed on on the Microformats wiki without duplicate keywords in the list. You can register link types on the Microformats wiki yourself. ———————————————————————– Error Line 29, Column 92: Bad value index for attribute rel on element link: Keyword index is not registered. * …dex’ title=’My blog’ href=’[http://www.ornsby.com.au/dummy/wordpresstemplate’](http://www.ornsby.com.au/dummy/wordpresstemplate’);/ > * Syntax of link type valid for : A whitespace-separated list of link types listed as allowed on in the HTML specification or listed as an allowed on on the Microformats wiki without duplicate keywords in the list. You can register link types on the Microformats wiki yourself. ———————————————————————- Error Line 38, Column 117: Bad value home for attribute rel on element a: Keyword home is not registered. * …au/dummy/wordpresstemplate/” title=”My blog” rel=”home”>My blog * Syntax of link type valid for and : A whitespace-separated list of link types listed as allowed on * ——————————————————————- Error Line 86, Column 204: Bad value category for attribute rel on element a: Keyword category is not registered. * …le=”View all posts in Uncategorized” rel=”category”>Uncategorized * Syntax of link type valid for and : A whitespace-separated list of link types listed as allowed on and on the Microformats wiki without duplicate keywords in the list. You can register link types on the Microformats wiki yourself. ———————————————————————– Error Line 125, Column 102: Bad value generator for attribute rel on element a: Keyword generator is not registered. * … Personal Publishing Platform” rel=”generator”>Proudly powered by WordPress * Syntax of link type valid for and : A whitespace-separated list of link types listed as allowed on * [Chip Bennett](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chipbennett/) * (@chipbennett) * [14 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/w3-validator-errors-on-basic-site/#post-2182649) * Most of those sound to me like shortcomings in the Validator itself. I don’t see any meaningful validation errors being reported. * IMHO, you can safely ignore them. * Thread Starter [wonderwoman2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wonderwoman2/) * (@wonderwoman2) * [14 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/w3-validator-errors-on-basic-site/#post-2182650) * Thanks for that Chip. Appreciate your feedback. * Thread Starter [wonderwoman2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wonderwoman2/) * (@wonderwoman2) * [14 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/w3-validator-errors-on-basic-site/#post-2182669) * Now this is really weird. * I just installed another template and the errors have dropped from 5 to 2. Makes me wonder about ignoring the errors… * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [14 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/w3-validator-errors-on-basic-site/#post-2182684) * Is the new theme also HTML 5? * Thread Starter [wonderwoman2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wonderwoman2/) * (@wonderwoman2) * [14 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/w3-validator-errors-on-basic-site/#post-2182690) * not sure how to tell. I’m guessing it is… * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [14 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/w3-validator-errors-on-basic-site/#post-2182738) * The validator should tell you. HTML 5 and it’s validator are still in the “experimental” stage compared to XHTML. Viewing 8 replies - 1 through 8 (of 8 total) The topic ‘w3 validator errors on basic site’ is closed to new replies. * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 8 replies * 3 participants * Last reply from: [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * Last activity: [14 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/w3-validator-errors-on-basic-site/#post-2182738) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics