Title: W3C validations errors
Last modified: August 15, 2021

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# W3C validations errors

 *  Resolved [cnxsoft](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cnxsoft/)
 * (@cnxsoft)
 * [4 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/w3c-validations-errors/)
 * When testing my website with W3C validator, I got some errors related to Simple
   Author Plugin.
 * The first one is “Error: Stray end tag span”
 * It looks like that’s an extra `</span>` inc/class-simple-author-box-helper.php.
   Removing it solves the issues.
 * The second one is “Error: The itemprop attribute was specified, but the element
   is not a property of any item.”
 * I’m not 100% sure of the proper way to fix that one, as it seems the required
   code is already there based on
    1. [https://stackoverflow.com/questions/29123445/validation-error-the-itemprop-attribute-was-specified-but-the-element-is-not](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/29123445/validation-error-the-itemprop-attribute-was-specified-but-the-element-is-not)
   2. [https://stackoverflow.com/questions/17089073/how-to-state-correctly-the-author-informations-of-an-article-with-microdata](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/17089073/how-to-state-correctly-the-author-informations-of-an-article-with-microdata)
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fw3c-validations-errors%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Plugin Author [WebFactory](https://wordpress.org/support/users/webfactory/)
 * (@webfactory)
 * [4 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/w3c-validations-errors/#post-14769117)
 * We’ll fix the `<span>` issue in the next release.
 * As far as validator goes I can’t guarantee anything. It’s quite hard to please
   it 🙁
 * If you use the plugin, please leave a review. It’s what keeps support going. 
   Thank you 🙏 [https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simple-author-box/reviews/#new-post](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simple-author-box/reviews/#new-post)

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