Title: WP creates incorrect HTML
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# WP creates incorrect HTML

 *  [funsail](https://wordpress.org/support/users/funsail/)
 * (@funsail)
 * [10 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-creates-incorrect-html/)
 * If you put in source
    `<a name="b"></a>` the output will be `<br /> <a name="
   b"></a></p>` Note the missing opening p

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 *  [Colin McDermott](https://wordpress.org/support/users/woodsandhillsplc/)
 * (@woodsandhillsplc)
 * [10 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-creates-incorrect-html/#post-6606176)
 * It is probably trying to clean things up somehow…
 * One way I know you can do that is to do something like:
 * `<a name="b">&nbsp;</a>`

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [Colin McDermott](https://wordpress.org/support/users/woodsandhillsplc/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-creates-incorrect-html/#post-6606176)
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