Title: invalid_elements
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# invalid_elements

 *  Resolved [Zaur Aliyev](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zauronline/)
 * (@zauronline)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/invalid_elements/)
 * Hi Andrew,
 * I am trying to add some tags to invalid list so tinymce removes these tags when
   the page saved/updated, but does not work.
 * This is the code below i found on tinymce website: [https://www.tinymce.com/docs/configure/content-filtering/#invalid_elements](https://www.tinymce.com/docs/configure/content-filtering/#invalid_elements)
 * tinymce.init({
    selector: ‘textarea’, // change this value according to your 
   HTML invalid_elements : ‘strong,em’ });
 * I tried these option in your plugin:
    invalid_elements | {selector: ‘textarea’,
   invalid_elements : ‘strong,em’} invalid_elements | [{selector: ‘textarea’, invalid_elements:‘
   strong,em’}] invalid_elements | ‘strong,em’ invalid_elements | strong,em
 * Left side of the pipe “|” is option name field, right side is in the Value field.
 * I am trying to disable ** and _ tags in above code._**
 * I would really appreciate any help!
 * Thanks!!!
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/advanced-tinymce-configuration/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/advanced-tinymce-configuration/)

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 *  Thread Starter [Zaur Aliyev](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zauronline/)
 * (@zauronline)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/invalid_elements/#post-7056128)
 * Okay, i fixed it by myself.
 * invalid_elements | selector: ‘textarea’, strong,em,style

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 * Last reply from: [Zaur Aliyev](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zauronline/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/invalid_elements/#post-7056128)
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