Title: HTML code in heading
Last modified: October 2, 2020
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# HTML code in heading
* Resolved [wp_dsp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davidspeyer/)
* (@davidspeyer)
* [5 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/html-code-in-heading/)
* I really like your plugin! But I don’t understand why you can’t use HTML code
in headings. In my case, I would like to use the ® character in headings, which
looks stupid without the necessary HTML code. Please help!
* Thank you very much!
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* Plugin Support [Gabor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nextendweb_gabor/)
* (@nextendweb_gabor)
* [5 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/html-code-in-heading/#post-13484964)
* Hi [@davidspeyer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davidspeyer/)!
* We don’t allow HTML codes to be in Headings, because HTML validators are not
allowing to be any codes within h1, h2, etc. h tags, only the text. So a HTML
code there would create an invalid code.
* What I can suggest is, that you could use Text layer instead:
[https://smartslider.helpscoutdocs.com/article/1832-text-layer](https://smartslider.helpscoutdocs.com/article/1832-text-layer)
as within p tags you can have any codes.
* Thread Starter [wp_dsp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davidspeyer/)
* (@davidspeyer)
* [5 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/html-code-in-heading/#post-13485301)
* Hi [@nextendweb_gabor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nextendweb_gabor/)
* thanks a lot for your quick reply! Are you sure, that no HTML code is allowed
within h tags? I couldn’t find any information about this. It also seems a bit
pointless to me. If this is true, a correct representation of the ® sign in headlines
would not be possible.
- This reply was modified 5 years, 8 months ago by [wp_dsp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davidspeyer/).
* Plugin Support [Gabor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nextendweb_gabor/)
* (@nextendweb_gabor)
* [5 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/html-code-in-heading/#post-13485334)
* If you go here you can make a test:
[https://validator.w3.org/nu/#textarea](https://validator.w3.org/nu/#textarea)
* Entering this code will give no errors or warnings:
* ```
Test
test
```
* But if you add some html code to the h1 tag, it will:
* ```
Test
test
html
```
* “Element div not allowed as child of element h1 in this context.”
* Thread Starter [wp_dsp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davidspeyer/)
* (@davidspeyer)
* [5 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/html-code-in-heading/#post-13486869)
* Yes, but I am not talking about block level elements. I want to use inline elements
such as `®`
* Using inline elements in h tags will not throw any errors:
* ```
Test
Brand®
```
* Plugin Support [Laszlo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/laszloszalvak/)
* (@laszloszalvak)
* [5 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/html-code-in-heading/#post-13487869)
* Hi [@davidspeyer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davidspeyer/)
* On this forum we are only allowed to provide support for the Free version, but
I just wanted to let you know that we also have a Pro version, where we had some
extra animations for the text in the Heading Layer. And those are not compatible
with HTML in the text either, I am sorry.
* But as my colleague mentioned, if you would like to format a certain part of
the text, then you should rather use the Text Layer:
[https://smartslider.helpscoutdocs.com/article/1832-text-layer](https://smartslider.helpscoutdocs.com/article/1832-text-layer)
as that accepts HTML, too.
* Best regards,
Laszlo.
* Thread Starter [wp_dsp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davidspeyer/)
* (@davidspeyer)
* [5 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/html-code-in-heading/#post-13492550)
* Ok, thanks for your help! Using the Text Layer is not an option, because I already
created tons of Sliders with Headline Layers. To be honest, I don’t understand
why this function is not integrated. I really love your plugin, but without the
possibility to display the ® symbol `®` or other inline elements correctly,
the slider becomes a bit useless.
* Plugin Support [Laszlo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/laszloszalvak/)
* (@laszloszalvak)
* [5 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/html-code-in-heading/#post-13522734)
* Hi [@davidspeyer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davidspeyer/)
* We considered your suggestions and we made some modifications in the codes of
the Heading Layer. So starting from the next release the Heading Layer will accept
a few inline HTML tags, specifically these:
`
` and their closing tags.
* If you don’t want to wait until the next release, then I uploaded the installer
of our latest build here for you:
[https://www.dropbox.com/s/wcv0z9x4p76z1dl/smart-slider3-wordpress-free-master.zip?dl=1](https://www.dropbox.com/s/wcv0z9x4p76z1dl/smart-slider3-wordpress-free-master.zip?dl=1)
This build already contains these modifications. To install it you should go
to your plugins list, delete you current Smart Slider 3 installation then install
this .zip file at Plugins > Add new > Upload plugin.
* Once it is done, these HTML tags will work in the Heading Layer.
* Best regards,
Laszlo.
* Thread Starter [wp_dsp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davidspeyer/)
* (@davidspeyer)
* [5 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/html-code-in-heading/#post-13523104)
* Hi [@laszloszalvak](https://wordpress.org/support/users/laszloszalvak/)
* Thank you very much! I am going to wait for the next release but I am looking
forward to it. Great support!
* Best regards,
David
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