Title: Validation error.
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Validation error.

 *  Resolved [AcousticAssociates](https://wordpress.org/support/users/acousticassociates/)
 * (@acousticassociates)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/validation-error-10/)
 * My site [http://www.aapb.co.uk](http://www.aapb.co.uk) produces an error when
   validated using this tool
 * [http://validator.w3.org/](http://validator.w3.org/)
 * When I remove the shortcode for the WOW slider the problem disappears.
 * Thanks in advance for your help.
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wowslider/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wowslider/)

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 *  Plugin Author [WOWSlider.com](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wowslidercom/)
 * (@wowslidercom)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/validation-error-10/#post-3433122)
 * The validator gives the following error:
 * Validation Output: 1 Error
 *  Error Line 240, Column 4: No p element in scope but a p end tag seen.
 *  </p>
 * It’s not a part of WOWSlider code.
 *  Thread Starter [AcousticAssociates](https://wordpress.org/support/users/acousticassociates/)
 * (@acousticassociates)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/validation-error-10/#post-3433130)
 * When I remove the WOWSlider shortcode I do not get the error. When I put it back
   in the error returns. Is it something to do with how it interacts with the style?
 * Thanks
 *  Plugin Author [WOWSlider.com](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wowslidercom/)
 * (@wowslidercom)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/validation-error-10/#post-3433135)
 * Slider is a block element based on div.
    According to specification ([http://www.w3.org/TR/html-markup/p.html#p](http://www.w3.org/TR/html-markup/p.html#p))“
   phrasing elements” only should be placed in P tag. Div is not a “phrasing element”,
   that’s why slider should be placed outside the P tag. But you’ve inserted slider
   inside it and this causes the error.
 *  Thread Starter [AcousticAssociates](https://wordpress.org/support/users/acousticassociates/)
 * (@acousticassociates)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/validation-error-10/#post-3433137)
 * I think I have fixed it by putting the shortcode inside a <div> tag dont understand
   it fully but I think that the wordpress editor was putting the WowSlider stuff
   inside the <P> tags automatically.
 * Thanks – you set me on the right path there.

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 * Last activity: [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/validation-error-10/#post-3433137)
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