Title: W3C validation errors Last modified: August 30, 2016 --- # W3C validation errors * Resolved [M](https://wordpress.org/support/users/angelxchild/) * (@angelxchild) * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/w3c-validation-errors-9/) * I recently validated my blog using the W3C validator, and it’s returning several errors that coming from the Shopbop plugin. It seems the plugin is returning 2 types of errors: * 1. & did not start a character reference. (& probably should have been escaped as &.) The links generated by the plugin have ampersands that need to be escaped. For example [https://www.shopbop.com/york-small-makeup-bag-tory/vp/v=1/1591486020.htm?&extid=wordpress-TORYB44142](https://www.shopbop.com/york-small-makeup-bag-tory/vp/v=1/1591486020.htm?&extid=wordpress-TORYB44142) should be [https://www.shopbop.com/york-small-makeup-bag-tory/vp/v=1/1591486020.htm?&extid=wordpress-TORYB44142](https://www.shopbop.com/york-small-makeup-bag-tory/vp/v=1/1591486020.htm?&extid=wordpress-TORYB44142) instead. * 2. Duplicate attribute class Eg: `` * Can you please address these issues? Thanks. * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/shopbop-widget/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/shopbop-widget/) Viewing 4 replies - 1 through 4 (of 4 total) * Thread Starter [M](https://wordpress.org/support/users/angelxchild/) * (@angelxchild) * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/w3c-validation-errors-9/#post-6664011) * [ignore this update] * Plugin Author [Shopbop](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shopbop/) * (@shopbop) * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/w3c-validation-errors-9/#post-6664144) * Thanks for bringing this to our attention. I’ll get the team to take a look and I’ll get back to you. * Plugin Author [Shopbop](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shopbop/) * (@shopbop) * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/w3c-validation-errors-9/#post-6664212) * Hi, * Our intention is to fix this in the next widget version which is likely to be released in the next few weeks. * Best Regards * The Support Team * Plugin Author [Shopbop](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shopbop/) * (@shopbop) * [10 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/w3c-validation-errors-9/#post-6664296) * Hi Jenny, * You can now upgrade to the 2.0.2 widget to get these two issues fixed. * Please remember to re-accept the EULA once you have upgraded – otherwise the widget will not appear on your blog. * Best Regards * The Support Team Viewing 4 replies - 1 through 4 (of 4 total) The topic ‘W3C validation errors’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/shopbop-widget.svg) * [Shopbop Widget](https://wordpress.org/plugins/shopbop-widget/) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/shopbop-widget/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/shopbop-widget/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/shopbop-widget/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/shopbop-widget/reviews/) ## Tags * [validation](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/validation/) * [W3C](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/w3c/) * 4 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [Shopbop](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shopbop/) * Last activity: [10 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/w3c-validation-errors-9/#post-6664296) * Status: resolved