Title: W3C Valid
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# W3C Valid

 *  [douglas26](https://wordpress.org/support/users/douglas26/)
 * (@douglas26)
 * [16 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/w3c-valid/)
 * Hi everyone,
 * I’m new to the forums so first of all I’ll say hello 🙂
 * Down to business. I’m using the Pixel theme for my website, and I’ve just validated
   the CSS against the W3C validator, and it’s come up with 28 errors.
 * I’m confident with XHTML and CSS, and if I did web design for work, I’d make 
   the time to go through it all and correct it. But I’m wondering if all the invalid
   CSS is due to plugins? If so, I’m not sure what to do.
 * All the XHTML is valid.
 * Any suggestions?
 * Thanks
 * Douglas

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 *  [kkarpieszuk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kkarpieszuk/)
 * (@kkarpieszuk)
 * [16 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/w3c-valid/#post-1268302)
 * well, some people (me for example) thoughts that valid xhtml/css code is for 
   geeks 🙂 imo first code should looks good in as much browser as it can even if
   to be compatible with some browsers (ie) designer need to do something what is
   not compatible with standards
 *  Thread Starter [douglas26](https://wordpress.org/support/users/douglas26/)
 * (@douglas26)
 * [16 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/w3c-valid/#post-1268378)
 * Ok, fair enough, I’ll hold my hands up and say I’m a bit of a geek! Maybe I should
   just ignore this then, which is a shame, since I always make sure all websites
   I code are W3C valid.
 *  [Mark Ratledge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/songdogtech/)
 * (@songdogtech)
 * [16 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/w3c-valid/#post-1268387)
 * And are you sure you validated the CSS or the XHTML? The CSS validator is different
   than the XHTML one. Use the Options on the W3C validator page and tick “Show 
   Source’, which will give you a good idea of where the XHTML errors are. Dsable
   your plugins one at a time to see if the invalid code is generated by one of 
   them.
 *  Thread Starter [douglas26](https://wordpress.org/support/users/douglas26/)
 * (@douglas26)
 * [16 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/w3c-valid/#post-1268393)
 * I’m perfectly sure, I’ve thought of all that, and done it 😉
 * The only plugin that seems to be giving errors is the Profile Pic plugin, which
   is a shame, since it’s a very useful plugin.
    The two validator links I’ve used
   are:
 * [Xhtml](http://validator.w3.org/)
    [CSS Validator](http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/)
 * With the CSS Validator I’ve validated by address, and I’ve also validated by 
   direct input.

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 * 4 replies
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 * Last reply from: [douglas26](https://wordpress.org/support/users/douglas26/)
 * Last activity: [16 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/w3c-valid/#post-1268393)
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