Title: Inserted HTML keeps getting removed!
Last modified: January 11, 2022
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# Inserted HTML keeps getting removed!
* Resolved [astraobscura](https://wordpress.org/support/users/astraobscura/)
* (@astraobscura)
* [4 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/inserted-html-keeps-getting-removed/)
* I am trying to configure the maintenance page to play a video as the background.
I inserted the HTML:
* ```
```
* as well as the CSS:
* ```
video {
object-fit: cover;
width: 100vw;
height: 100vh;
position: fixed;
top: 0;
left: 0;
}
```
* It removes the HTML for the video and won’t keep it there. It only leaves behind
the HTML to show the image (for when the video doesn’t load or is still loading)
How do I fix this??
- This topic was modified 4 years, 4 months ago by [astraobscura](https://wordpress.org/support/users/astraobscura/).
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* [George J](https://wordpress.org/support/users/georgejipa/)
* (@georgejipa)
* [4 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/inserted-html-keeps-getting-removed/#post-15243365)
* Hello [@astraobscura](https://wordpress.org/support/users/astraobscura/),
* The **Text** is sanitized (using the ‘wp_kses_post` built-in function), and it
does not accept every HTML tag you introduce.
* Usually, I would recommend the [video] shortcode, but it doesn’t have options
for all attributes you want (like muted or playsinline).
* > [Video Shortcode](https://wordpress.org/support/article/video-shortcode/)
* So, another idea would be to override the maintenance mode template and customize
it however you need.
* [https://github.com/andrianvaleanu/WP-Maintenance-Mode/blob/master/views/maintenance.php](https://github.com/andrianvaleanu/WP-Maintenance-Mode/blob/master/views/maintenance.php)
* Also, there is a **Custom CSS** setting if you want to add custom CSS.
* —
George
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- This reply was modified 4 years, 4 months ago by [George J](https://wordpress.org/support/users/georgejipa/).
Reason: bad formatting
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* Thread Starter [astraobscura](https://wordpress.org/support/users/astraobscura/)
* (@astraobscura)
* [4 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/inserted-html-keeps-getting-removed/#post-15246810)
* so maintenance.php is the file that displays when maintenance mode is active?
I can just write my own custom PHP then that displays whatever. Now will that
reset if I turn maint. mode off and back on in the future or will it store whatever
I uploaded?
* [George J](https://wordpress.org/support/users/georgejipa/)
* (@georgejipa)
* [4 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/inserted-html-keeps-getting-removed/#post-15247738)
* Hello [@astraobscura](https://wordpress.org/support/users/astraobscura/),
* > so maintenance.php is the file that displays when maintenance mode is active?
* Yes.
* > I can just write my own custom PHP then that displays whatever.
* Yes.
* > Now will that reset if I turn maint. mode off and back on in the future or
> will it store whatever I uploaded?
* If you edit the template (maintenance.php) from the plugin directory, WordPress
will overwrite it just on plugin update.
* If you override the template (the way described [here](https://github.com/andrianvaleanu/WP-Maintenance-Mode/blob/master/views/maintenance.php)),
your custom template will remain the same no matter what. The plugin will always
load it when you activate the maintenance mode.
* Hope this helps.
* —
George
- This reply was modified 4 years, 4 months ago by [George J](https://wordpress.org/support/users/georgejipa/).
- This reply was modified 4 years, 4 months ago by [George J](https://wordpress.org/support/users/georgejipa/).
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* Last reply from: [George J](https://wordpress.org/support/users/georgejipa/)
* Last activity: [4 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/inserted-html-keeps-getting-removed/#post-15247738)
* Status: resolved