Title: mailchimp plugin generates invalid XHTML
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# mailchimp plugin generates invalid XHTML

 *  [bof1946](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bof1946/)
 * (@bof1946)
 * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mailchimp-plugin-generates-invalid-xhtml/)
 * The W3C Validator reports errors against the hidden input fields in the mailchimp
   form: ‘mc_submit_type’, ‘mcsf_action’ etc.
 * The fix is simply to reverse the order of the `<div id="mc_signup">` and `<form
   >` tags (and their corresponding end tags).
 * Using MailChimp plugin 1.2.2
    Theme: Thesis 1.8 (which generates strict XHTML).
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/mailchimp/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/mailchimp/)

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 * Last activity: [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mailchimp-plugin-generates-invalid-xhtml/)
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