Title: XHTML not validating
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# XHTML not validating

 *  [zedlander](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zedlander/)
 * (@zedlander)
 * [20 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/xhtml-not-validating/)
 * Hey,
    I tried validating my blog, here’s the link: [http://validator.w3.org/check?verbose=1&uri=http%3A//blog.trevorcreech.com/](http://validator.w3.org/check?verbose=1&uri=http%3A//blog.trevorcreech.com/)
 * I’m getting an error about the search box, about the h2 tag not being allowed
   in that place…
    Any ideas? Thanks.

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 *  [Kafkaesqui](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kafkaesqui/)
 * (@kafkaesqui)
 * [20 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/xhtml-not-validating/#post-301242)
 * `<h#>` tags are not “allowed” within a label element, hence the error. However,
   you can switch them:
 * `<h2><label for="s">Search:</label></h2>`
 *  [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/)
 * (@moshu)
 * [20 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/xhtml-not-validating/#post-301243)
 * What ideas do you want? It says quite clear:
    **document type does not allow 
   element “h2” here** and it even shows the line where do you have it. Edit your
   sidebar.
 *  Thread Starter [zedlander](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zedlander/)
 * (@zedlander)
 * [20 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/xhtml-not-validating/#post-301245)
 * _<h#> tags are not “allowed” within a label element, hence the error. However,
   you can switch them:_
 * <h2><label for=”s”>Search:</label></h2> 
    That’s what I needed, thanks! Not sure
   how it got that way, but it’s fixed now.

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 * Last activity: [20 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/xhtml-not-validating/#post-301245)
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