Title: Invalid HTML generated by plugin?
Last modified: September 6, 2016
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# Invalid HTML generated by plugin?
* [cecil1654](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cecil1654/)
* (@cecil1654)
* [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/invalid-html-generated-by-plugin/)
* Hey,
first, great plugin, thanks for building and maintaing it!
* I just have a small problem with the HTML the plugin produces. If I check my
website at the W3 HTML Validator ([https://validator.w3.org](https://validator.w3.org))
I get an error message:
**“Error: Element div not allowed as child of element
span in this context.”**
* If I look at the source code the problem seems to be that the div
``
* is placed in the span element
``
* The Validator locates the error in the code that is generated by the plugin and
on sites where I haven’t included the ratings I get no such error. So I am pretty
sure the flawed HTML is generated by the plugin.
* Anyone else experiencing this problem?
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* [oritzio](https://wordpress.org/support/users/oritzio/)
* (@oritzio)
* [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/invalid-html-generated-by-plugin/#post-8153533)
* What is the doctype that you’re using?
* try to use this one:
* ```
```
* Thread Starter [cecil1654](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cecil1654/)
* (@cecil1654)
* [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/invalid-html-generated-by-plugin/#post-8158221)
* I am using the standard HTML5 doctype
``
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* Last reply from: [cecil1654](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cecil1654/)
* Last activity: [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/invalid-html-generated-by-plugin/#post-8158221)
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