Title: W3C Validation Errors
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# W3C Validation Errors

 *  Resolved [Bahoohy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bahoohy/)
 * (@bahoohy)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/w3c-validation-errors-2/)
 * I keep getting W3C validation errors my site is
 *  Line 254, Column 256: & did not start a character reference. (& probably should
   have been escaped as &.)
    …tar-rating/images/stars.php?img=02.png&px=8&max=5&
   rat=4.88″ alt=”4.88 Stars” /… ✉
 * [http://wordpress.org/plugins/universal-star-rating/](http://wordpress.org/plugins/universal-star-rating/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Chasil](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chasil/)
 * (@chasil)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/w3c-validation-errors-2/#post-4356574)
 * Hi there!
 * I can see that this is inside your html file but with version 1.6.3 the output
   should be something like this:
    `…tar-rating/images/stars.php?img=02.png&px=8&
   max=5&rat=4.88" alt="4.88 Stars" /…`
 * Can you please check if you really use version 1.6.3? I tested the new code with
   the W3C validator on my own site (before update and after) and the error is gone.
 * If you still have this error with 1.6.3 it could help if you would post what 
   is inside this file:
    `YOUR_WORDPRESS/wp-content/plugins/universal-star-rating/
   includes/helper_functions.php`
 *  Plugin Author [Chasil](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chasil/)
 * (@chasil)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/w3c-validation-errors-2/#post-4356576)
 * Hi again!
 * I don’t know if you changed something. Now as i digged deeper into your page 
   the html code is correkt and there are no more errors.
 * Maybe some weird cashing problem?
 * Anyway… This issue is resolved.
 * If you have any questions, comments or suggestions about this plugin please don’t
   hesitate to use this support forum again – I am happy for every useful feedback.
 * If you like this plugin it would be nice if you could vote/review it.
 * Regards
    Mike

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 * Last reply from: [Chasil](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chasil/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/w3c-validation-errors-2/#post-4356576)
 * Status: resolved