[okfn-help] How to tame wordpress?

Tue Apr 2 19:52:31 UTC 2013

For reference, there's already a network activated plugin that allows
Administrator users of a site to insert html content into a post without it
being stripped down. That was a previous request that I built a plugin
for. Copy
it here if you like<https://github.com/rdonovan/WP-Admin-Unfiltered-HTML/blob/master/admin_unfiltered_html.php>
.

This does not suppress the
wp_autop<http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wpautop>
filter,
which is the one responsible for adding those annoying paragraph tags.
There's a really simple method of disabling
that<http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wpautop#Disabling_the_filter>within
a themes functions.php file. But I've also gone ahead and installed
the plugin suggested by Michael below which you may activate on individual
sites where needed.

Just a side note, whilst I also find this "smart filtering" from Wordpress
annoying, relying on html structure within posts/pages is generally a bad
idea. It's too easy to break as numerous users have direct access to code,
not to mention the potential slow down from additional database load rather
than reading static files.
Correct use of page
templates<http://codex.wordpress.org/Stepping_Into_Templates>is the
preferred method of creating layout, then use the page/post content
as the manageable fill-in. I agree that often you just want WP to get out
of the way and display your content without interfering, just be wary to
not over do it.

On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 10:02 AM, Michael Bauer <michael.bauer at okfn.org>wrote:

> This:
>
> http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/raw-html/
>
> asks you to mark the raw sections as <!--raw-->  - so it shouldn't
> interfere with the rest.
>
> Michael
>
> On Tue, Apr 02, 2013 at 03:00:25PM +0100, Sam Smith wrote:
> > I'd be for that. I'm not sure who's call it is, or if it'd have any
> > negative effects for anyone? Bobby, any thoughts?
> >
> >
> > On 2 April 2013 14:55, Michael Bauer <michael.bauer at okfn.org> wrote:
> >
> > > There are plugins for raw html. But they are not installed on the OKFN
> > > network - can we think about getting one of those?
> > >
> > > Michael
> > >
> > > On Tue, Apr 02, 2013 at 02:49:38PM +0100, Sam Smith wrote:
> > > > + 1 (this is something I've wanted since the first five minutes of
> using
> > > > Wordpress).
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On 2 April 2013 14:01, Michael Bauer <michael.bauer at okfn.org> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > >
> > > > > I like to put straight html into wordpress (this allows for nice
> stuff
> > > > > like: http://schoolofdata.org/online-resources/) unfortunately it
> > > still
> > > > > insists on beeing clever and inserts random <p> tags into my
> layout -
> > > thus
> > > > > resulting in incorrect parsing and display by browsers. Is there
> any
> > > way to
> > > > > tell wordpress this is html - don't touch it?
> > > > >
> > > > > Michael
> > > > >
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