Title: Unordered List Errors
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Unordered List Errors

 *  [hopetommola](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hopetommola/)
 * (@hopetommola)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/unordered-list-errors/)
 * When using the WYSIWYG editor in a paragraph text field, unordered lists appear
   to format correctly, however upon publishing, each li is assigned to a separate
   ul.
 * We have our form set to submit a post as a draft. The draft is then reviewed 
   by a staff member, and upon approval, published.
 * The review of the post seems to be converting:
 *     ```
       <ul>
       <li>one</li>
       <li>two</li>
       <li>three</li>
       </ul>
       ```
   
 * to this:
 *     ```
       <ul>
       <li>one</li>
       </ul>
   
       <ul>
       <li>two</li>
       </ul>
   
       <ul>
       <li>three</li>
       </ul>
       ```
   
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 *  Plugin Author [bradvin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bradvin/)
 * (@bradvin)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/unordered-list-errors/#post-4676487)
 * This is a strange one I have not seen before. If you change the editor to text
   mode does it still do this?
 *  Thread Starter [hopetommola](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hopetommola/)
 * (@hopetommola)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/unordered-list-errors/#post-4676488)
 * If I disable the visual editor for my user account, it does not cause the issue
   when updating the post.
 * If I view it in the visual editor – even if I don’t make edits – and hit update,
   it causes this issue.
 *  Plugin Author [bradvin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bradvin/)
 * (@bradvin)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/unordered-list-errors/#post-4676489)
 * There seems to be something interfering with your post content that is not part
   of the WYSIWYG plugin.
 * I just tested this on my local dev site and it works as expected. I created a
   form that creates draft posts. I also used the body field with “enable WYSIWYG”.
   I then did 2 tests : 1 with the same list as you had above in text mode, and 
   the other test was the same list but in visual mode. Both form submissions created
   a post with the exact HTML that was entered.
 * So it seems to be some other plugin that is not playing nicely on your specific
   install
 *  Thread Starter [hopetommola](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hopetommola/)
 * (@hopetommola)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/unordered-list-errors/#post-4676492)
 * I am going to run through plugins deactivating, testing, reactivating until I
   find it. I’ll start by deactivating all but GF WYSIWYG and GF itself. I know 
   this is the best way to find the culprit, but when I look at the list of plugins
   which are network activated and individually active on this blog, I can’t imagine
   which it might be!
 * Network Activated:
    - Akismet
    - Easy FancyBox
    - Easy WP SMTP
    - Erident Custom Login and Dashboard
    - Google Analyticator
    - Gravity Forms
    - Jetpack
    - Mail on Update
    - Simple LDAP Login
    - User Role Editor
 * Active on this Blog:
    - GF WYSIWYG
    - WP Importer
    - WP Ultimate Search
    - WP Ultimate Search Pro
 * I did also implement this change in order to enable the ability to add a custom
   field to a post from the Quick Editor … [http://wpdreamer.com/2012/03/manage-wordpress-posts-using-bulk-edit-and-quick-edit](http://wpdreamer.com/2012/03/manage-wordpress-posts-using-bulk-edit-and-quick-edit)…
   But this list issue existed prior to that.
 * I’ll keep you posted.
    Thx CT
 *  Thread Starter [hopetommola](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hopetommola/)
 * (@hopetommola)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/unordered-list-errors/#post-4676493)
 * Ok. I am running WP 3.8.1. I have deactivated ALL plugins – all of which are 
   up to date – including GF and WYSIWYG. I reverted to Twenty Eleven instead of
   my twentyeleven child theme.
 * **It. Still. Occurs.**
 * I have a draft post. It has lists in it. If I look at it in visual editor, it
   makes the same issue. If I use text edit, preview from the quick edit screen,**
   no issue.**
 * So I switched to Twenty Fourteen. **Still doing it.**
 * At this point I’m just getting angry and confused. So I try switching _browsers_
   thinking I should try everything. Happening in Chrome and Safari.
 * Back to Chrome. Creating a post from scratch, using the text editor. Here’s the
   content:
 *     ```
       <ul>
       	<li>Item One</li>
       	<li>Item Two</li>
       	<li>Item Three</li>
       </ul>
   
       <ul>
       	<li>Item One</li>
       <ul>
       	<li>Sub Item One</li>
       	<li>Sub Item Two</li>
       </ul>
       	<li>Item Two</li>
       	<li>Item Three</li>
       </ul>
       ```
   
 * It previews fine. It looks fine in the visual editor. Saved as draft. Edit post–
   _still_ looks good in the visual editor AND preview. Published post. It looks
   fine.
 * So I turned back to my child theme. This includes the aforementioned Quick Edit
   mods in a functions.php file. The post I published looks fine. I create a new
   one, with the same content. Switched between text and visual editor. Previewed.
   All look fine. Saved draft. Edit post. Still looks fine in visual, text, and 
   preview. Published. Fine still.
 * Reactivated GF and WYSIWYG plugins. New test post. All good. Saved as draft.
   
   Reactivated WP Ultimate Search and Pro. Post saved as draft is fine.
 * Network Reactivated Akismet. Post saved as draft is fine.
    Network Reactivated
   Easy FancyBox. Post saved as draft is fine. Network Reactivated WP Easy SMTP.
   Post saved as draft is fine. Network Reactivated Erident Custom Login and Dashboard.
   Post saved as draft is fine. Network Reactivated Google Analyticator. Post saved
   as draft is fine. Network Reactivated Jetpack. Post saved as draft is fine. Network
   Reactivated Mail on Update. Post saved as draft is fine. Network Reactivated 
   Simple LDAP Login. Post saved as draft is fine. Network Reactivated User Role
   Editor. Post saved as draft is fine.
 * That’s all the plugins. It’s 100% back to the prior state which resulted in the
   list formatting issue.
 * Returned to my GF form with WYSIWYG editor turned on to re-test. Used the same
   list as in my test post. Appears properly in both Visual and Text editors in 
   the WYSIWYG fields of my GF. Submitted form.
 * **It. Still. Occurs.**
 *  Plugin Author [bradvin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bradvin/)
 * (@bradvin)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/unordered-list-errors/#post-4676494)
 * so if i understand you correctly, you disabled the WYSIWYG plugin and you still
   got the issue?
 *  Thread Starter [hopetommola](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hopetommola/)
 * (@hopetommola)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/unordered-list-errors/#post-4676495)
 * No – any post, created through the WYSIWYG / GF resulted in the errors.
 *  Thread Starter [hopetommola](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hopetommola/)
 * (@hopetommola)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/unordered-list-errors/#post-4676496)
 * As a matter of fact, I added the ol ul and li tags to my gform_allowable_tags
   filter in functions.php, and turned off the WYSIWYG editor on **one** of the 
   three fields on the form.
 * I then added the same exact list into both the GF native paragraph text field
   and the GF WYSIWYG-enabled paragraph text field.
 * The list formatting issue occurred only in the list created with the WYSIWYG 
   field. The GF native field was formatted fine.
 * Please advise.
    Thx CT
 *  Plugin Author [bradvin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bradvin/)
 * (@bradvin)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/unordered-list-errors/#post-4676497)
 * I still cannot reproduce your issue, as much as I have tried, and believe me,
   I have. The WYSIWYG code uses built WP functions to generate the WYSIWYG element.
 * Is your form on the front-end being submitted via AJAX?
 * Are you saving to a custom post type?
 * Perhaps export your form and paste the export XML on pastebin, so I can import
   it my side to test.
 * I can also do a screencast for you showing no issue on my side if you like?
 *  Thread Starter [hopetommola](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hopetommola/)
 * (@hopetommola)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/unordered-list-errors/#post-4676498)
 * I have animations on the form turned on – for conditional fields.
    I am not using
   a custom post type.
 * Form: [http://pastebin.com/M08MXYcW](http://pastebin.com/M08MXYcW)
 * Holler if you need anything else.
 * Much thanks
    CT
 *  Plugin Author [bradvin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bradvin/)
 * (@bradvin)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/unordered-list-errors/#post-4676499)
 * ok I see where the problem is now. It is in the Post Content Template.
    So when
   the body of the post it built up using a content template, then it is doing something
   funky with the WYSIWYG content. So now we at least know where the problem lies.
 * I now need to look into how to fix this.
 * I will be in touch…
 *  Thread Starter [hopetommola](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hopetommola/)
 * (@hopetommola)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/unordered-list-errors/#post-4676500)
 * Thank you very much!
 *  Thread Starter [hopetommola](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hopetommola/)
 * (@hopetommola)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/unordered-list-errors/#post-4676505)
 * Holler if there’s any way I can assist in testing or otherwise.
 * Thx
    CT
 *  Thread Starter [hopetommola](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hopetommola/)
 * (@hopetommola)
 * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/unordered-list-errors/#post-4676543)
 * We had some great hopes and fingers crossed that changes in 3.9 would resolve
   this. But alas, no luck.
 * Have you made progress?

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