Title: Listing content not recognising html code
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Listing content not recognising html code

 *  Resolved [KatieKat](https://wordpress.org/support/users/katiekat/)
 * (@katiekat)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/listing-content-not-recognising-html-code/)
 * Hi there,
    have just upgraded today in my instant wordpress test environment 
   before updating in live and have noticed that listings are not recognising html
   code in the main content box. I have the following code in the content box that
   appears after the Business Name and before the actual Business Details e.g. excerpt,
   website address and contact details.
 * <p style=”text-align: justify; font-size:18px; padding-top:5px;”>**[\*\*FULL REVIEW, OFFERS & CUSTOMER TESTIMONIALS\*\*](http://127.0.0.1:4001/wordpress/2014/05/accountant-me/)**
   </p>
 * However it is only showing the text and not appearing as a link or acknowledging
   the style changes.
 * Can you help please as I don’t want to update my live site until this is sorted.
 * Kind regards
 * KatieKat
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/business-directory-plugin/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/business-directory-plugin/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Business Directory Plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/businessdirectoryplugin/)
 * (@businessdirectoryplugin)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/listing-content-not-recognising-html-code/#post-5546762)
 * Hi KatieKat,
 * Sorry that you ran into issues here.
 * First, can you tell me which specific field this is in? It seems like it might
   be the Long Description field, but since I can’t see it, I’m just guessing here.
 * If it is, check under Directory Admin->Manage Form Fields and edit that field.
   Under there, you should have options to enable HTML and Shortcode expansion for
   that field. FYI–not all fields support that, but the Long Description does for
   both.
 * If that’s not working, it may help if you can send me screenshots of your Manage
   Form Fields view of that field AND a screenshot of the output in a listing where
   it’s broken. Use [http://imageshack.us](http://imageshack.us) if you need to.
 *  Thread Starter [KatieKat](https://wordpress.org/support/users/katiekat/)
 * (@katiekat)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/listing-content-not-recognising-html-code/#post-5546854)
 * Hi there,
    Apologies it is the long description. For some reason it seemed to
   work before without enabling the HTML option.
 * Kind regards
 * KatieKat
 *  Plugin Author [Business Directory Plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/businessdirectoryplugin/)
 * (@businessdirectoryplugin)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/listing-content-not-recognising-html-code/#post-5546864)
 * Hi KatieKat,
 * This change was put in around 3.4 I believe–in order for your HTML to work, you’ll
   need to enable it now. We added security to the fields in that release to prevent
   malicious HTML from being added without your permission. Just enable it under
   Manage Form Fields and it will work again.
 *  Thread Starter [KatieKat](https://wordpress.org/support/users/katiekat/)
 * (@katiekat)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/listing-content-not-recognising-html-code/#post-5546865)
 * Sorry should have said in my previous post that I had enabled the HTML option
   and it resolved the issue. Everything is fine now and have also updated in live.
 * Have marked this as resolved. Thank you once again for your great support and
   prompt response.
 *  Plugin Author [Business Directory Plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/businessdirectoryplugin/)
 * (@businessdirectoryplugin)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/listing-content-not-recognising-html-code/#post-5546948)
 * You’re welcome!

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