Title: start attribute on ordered lists
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# start attribute on ordered lists

 *  Resolved [thewatcheruatu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thewatcheruatu/)
 * (@thewatcheruatu)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/start-attribute-on-ordered-lists/)
 * First time I ever attempted this, actually, but I wanted to insert some information
   between the list items in an ordered list and pick up the numbering where I left
   off. The problem, however, is that WordPress strips out the “start” attribute
   on the ol tag, so this doesn’t appear to be possible.
 * Now, I know that this attribute was deprecated (for some bizarre reason I never
   understood) in HTML 4.01, but in HTML 5, it’s back. So I humbly suggest WordPress
   leave this attribute alone when it finds it.
 * For reference, I’m blogging on my university’s installation of WordPress Mu.

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 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/start-attribute-on-ordered-lists/#post-2078414)
 * > The problem, however, is that WordPress strips out the “start” attribute on
   > the ol tag, so this doesn’t appear to be possible.
 * You’re talking about via the visual GUI editor, right, not the HTML editor?
 *  Thread Starter [thewatcheruatu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thewatcheruatu/)
 * (@thewatcheruatu)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/start-attribute-on-ordered-lists/#post-2078597)
 * Well, even though I’m comfortable with HTML, I do like to use the visual editor.
   So what I did was add the attribute in the HTML editor, and then switched back
   to the GUI editor, at which point it stripped the attribute off.
 * I did just discover, however, that if you switch to the HTML editor, add the 
   attribute, save it, and then never again look at the post in the GUI editor, 
   it will actually retain your start attribute. So I guess there’s a workaround–
   you can just do this when you’re finished working on the post.
 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/start-attribute-on-ordered-lists/#post-2078599)
 * Yeah, if that’s the case, then it’s a TinyMCE setting probably, more than a WordPress
   setting. There’s an Advanced TinyMCE plugin that may be able to help you set 
   things like that.
 *  Thread Starter [thewatcheruatu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thewatcheruatu/)
 * (@thewatcheruatu)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/start-attribute-on-ordered-lists/#post-2078600)
 * Ah, good point. Thanks.
 *  [Jason Adams](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jason_the_adams/)
 * (@jason_the_adams)
 * [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/start-attribute-on-ordered-lists/#post-2078841)
 * I thought TinyMCE is a part of WordPress — at least, it’s released with it. If
   the bug can’t be reported here, then where ought it to be? :/

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