Title: [Plugin: Sociable for WordPress 3.0] shortcode causes validation errors
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# [Plugin: Sociable for WordPress 3.0] shortcode causes validation errors

 *  [rtivel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rtivel/)
 * (@rtivel)
 * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-sociable-for-wordpress-30-shortcode-causes-validation-errors/)
 * Using the shortcode, [sociable tagline=’Share it:’], in my posts is causing 3
   validation errors at w3c:
 * >  # Error Line 206, Column 841: end tag for element “p” which is not open
   > …isus. Curabitur tempus ligula ut dui volutpat quis elementum orci faucibus.
   > </p>
   > ✉
   > The Validator found an end tag for the above element, but that element is not
   > currently open. This is often caused by a leftover end tag from an element 
   > that was removed during editing, or by an implicitly closed element (if you
   > have an error related to an element being used where it is not allowed, this
   > is almost certainly the case). In the latter case this error will disappear
   > as soon as you fix the original problem.
   > If this error occurred in a script section of your document, you should probably
   > read this FAQ entry.
   >  # Error Line 211, Column 320: document type does not 
   > allow element “div” here; missing one of “object”, “applet”, “map”, “iframe”,“
   > button”, “ins”, “del” start-tag
   > …ntum consectetur.<div class=’sociable’><div></div><div><span class=’sociable-
   > t…
   > ✉
   > The mentioned element is not allowed to appear in the context in which you’ve
   > placed it; the other mentioned elements are the only ones that are both allowed
   > there and can contain the element mentioned. This might mean that you need 
   > a containing element, or possibly that you’ve forgotten to close a previous
   > element.
   > One possible cause for this message is that you have attempted to put a block-
   > level element (such as “<p>” or “<table>”) inside an inline element (such as““,“
   > <span>”, or “<font>”).
   >  # Error Line 213, Column 14: end tag for “p” omitted,
   > but OMITTAG NO was specified
   >  </div>
 * Any ideas about how to fix this?

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 *  Thread Starter [rtivel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rtivel/)
 * (@rtivel)
 * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-sociable-for-wordpress-30-shortcode-causes-validation-errors/#post-1688073)
 * This problem seems to be fixed. In the writing settings for wordpress I checked
   the “WordPress should correct invalidly nested XHTML automatically” box and the
   blog passed “in the green” at w3c. Just to prove that checking the box fixed 
   the problem, I unchecked it and put the blog through the validator again–and 
   it still passed. So, although the problem is fixed, I’m not sure exactly how.

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