Title: HTML validation error
Last modified: October 2, 2021

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# HTML validation error

 *  Resolved [effess](https://wordpress.org/support/users/effess/)
 * (@effess)
 * [4 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/html-validation-error-18/)
 * Just installed the WP show more plugin. It looks good & works great. But a validation
   error shows for the places I put [show_more more=”read more” less=”read less”]
 * The HTML error is: No p element in scope but a p end tag seen.
 * Here is the error that shows in red in the source code: <div class=”show_more”
   ><p class=”wpsm-show” style=”color: #cc0000; font-size: 100%; text-align: left;”
   > read more</p><div class=”wpsm-content”> </p>
 * Help appreciated.

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 *  Plugin Author [Rene Maurer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/renemaurer/)
 * (@renemaurer)
 * [4 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/html-validation-error-18/#post-15366764)
 * I’m sorry, I don’t see any error in the code. It works fine for me and many other
   users.

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 * Last reply from: [Rene Maurer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/renemaurer/)
 * Last activity: [4 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/html-validation-error-18/#post-15366764)
 * Status: resolved