Title: the trouble with “code”
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# the trouble with “code”

 *  [dss](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dss/)
 * (@dss)
 * [21 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/the-trouble-with-code/)
 * i’ve been having a dreary time trying to post actual code within the  tags.
    
   everything seems to get parsed. so i started to use the ascii long hand for the
   less than `<` and greater than `>` symbols and now it seems i am able to finally
   post code which doesn't parse, and prints fine. there is a code filter plugin
   which is meant to do this automatically, but i had serious formatting errors 
   after enabling it. so if anyone else was losing sleep (and hair) over their code
   tag formatting, there's your solution. wheew... f.

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 *  [Root](https://wordpress.org/support/users/root/)
 * (@root)
 * [21 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/the-trouble-with-code/#post-97247)
 * Are you familiar with the awesome [WordPress Encoder Widget ](http://resources.wordpress.org/tools/encode/)?
 *  [DianeV](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dianev/)
 * (@dianev)
 * [21 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/the-trouble-with-code/#post-97473)
 * Wonderful tool!
 *  Thread Starter [dss](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dss/)
 * (@dss)
 * [21 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/the-trouble-with-code/#post-97530)
 * amazing…
    thank you. f.
 *  [elasticdog](https://wordpress.org/support/users/elasticdog/)
 * (@elasticdog)
 * [21 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/the-trouble-with-code/#post-97531)
 * Depending on how much code you’re actually looking to put in your entries, you
   might also want to take a look at a plugin I wrote called [Code Viewer](http://elasticdog.com/2004/09/code-viewer/)
   which will load larger code from external files and display it automatically.
   
   The Encoder Widget is awesome for shorter stuff or inline code though!
 *  Thread Starter [dss](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dss/)
 * (@dss)
 * [21 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/the-trouble-with-code/#post-97533)
 * wow, that’s a great solution too.
    thank you! ps. your site is _siiick!_ well
   done. f.
 *  [MathiasBynens](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mathiasbynens/)
 * (@mathiasbynens)
 * [21 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/the-trouble-with-code/#post-97608)
 * I’m afraid the widget doesn’t work anymore… I just get the same page (an empty
   form) returned after submitting my data.

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 * Last reply from: [MathiasBynens](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mathiasbynens/)
 * Last activity: [21 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/the-trouble-with-code/#post-97608)
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