Title: W3C validation problems
Last modified: August 24, 2016

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# W3C validation problems

 *  Resolved [Studiofreya](https://wordpress.org/support/users/studiofreya/)
 * (@studiofreya)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/w3c-validation-problems-2/)
 * Hi,
    my pages receive a lot of validation errors in w3c validator.
 * The error:
 * > & did not start a character reference. (& probably should have been escaped
   > as &.)
   > …/?top_ten_id=3384&top_ten_blog_id=1&activate_counter=11″>
 * and
 * > /?top_ten_id=2908&view_counter=1&_wpnonce=…
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 *  Plugin Author [Ajay](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ajay/)
 * (@ajay)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/w3c-validation-problems-2/#post-6038417)
 * What is your site URL? And, what DOCTYPE are you validating it against?
 * I’ve previously used `&` instead of `&` and the tracking stopped.
 * Alternatively, please turn on the Cache fix and try validating again.
 *  Thread Starter [Studiofreya](https://wordpress.org/support/users/studiofreya/)
 * (@studiofreya)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/w3c-validation-problems-2/#post-6038466)
 * DOCTYPE html.
 * That’s what I though that it will stop working if I change to amp
 * Here’s one of the pages that get errors:
    [http://studiofreya.com/2015/03/28/how-to-buy-a-website-on-flippa-list-of-actions-to-check-for-scam/](http://studiofreya.com/2015/03/28/how-to-buy-a-website-on-flippa-list-of-actions-to-check-for-scam/)
 *  Plugin Author [Ajay](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ajay/)
 * (@ajay)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/w3c-validation-problems-2/#post-6038497)
 * Have you tried the cache fix option in the settings page?
 * This uses JQuery and doesn’t use the & anymore
 *  Thread Starter [Studiofreya](https://wordpress.org/support/users/studiofreya/)
 * (@studiofreya)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/w3c-validation-problems-2/#post-6038502)
 * Hi,
 * Thank you. That did the trick!
 *  Plugin Author [Ajay](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ajay/)
 * (@ajay)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/w3c-validation-problems-2/#post-6038521)
 * Your welcome 🙂

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 * Last activity: [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/w3c-validation-problems-2/#post-6038521)
 * Status: resolved