https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/hanging-p-tags-and-other-mismated-tags-in-gf-form-output Gravity Support Forums Topic: Hanging P tags and other mismated tags in GF form output en-US Sun, 19 Apr 2026 20:26:56 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.1 q https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/search.php https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/hanging-p-tags-and-other-mismated-tags-in-gf-form-output#post-176225 Tue, 19 Mar 2013 00:21:46 +0000 Chris Hajer 176225@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>When you view the source of the page, any theme with this functionality enabled will have additional &lt; /p &gt; and &lt; br /&gt; tags in the output around the gform_footer. That's how we know some plugin or theme is messing with the shortcode output.</p> <p>Glad you were able to resolve this one. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/hanging-p-tags-and-other-mismated-tags-in-gf-form-output#post-175690 Mon, 18 Mar 2013 15:29:28 +0000 VAR Channel Marketing 175690@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Hello all, sorry that it's taken me this long to reply. I didn't mean to leave everyone hanging when you were so responsive to my request.</p> <p>It took me a while to figure out what was going on, but here's my conclusion:</p> <p>For the live site that was experiencing this problem (www.ultralevel.com) I figured out the extra &lt; P &gt; tags were happening when ANY short codes were in use, not just GF's. Putting short codes between [raw] [/raw] does solve the problem, but causes layout issues with Visual Composer plugin (which we use just fine on all of our websites). </p> <p>A Google search reveals that there are actually a good number of people that are experiencing stray tags when using short codes. The resolution is probably to edit the theme's functions.php as the problem goes away using any of the WP default themes.</p> <p>The problem on my dev server was actually caused by ANOTHER plugin, lol. Same exact symptom, different plugin. This time it was Lizatom Short Codes plugin. If you're using that plugin, you almost always have to tick the top box to disable custom formatting for it to play nice with other plugins.</p> <p>I hope this helps somebody ;) Thank again for your help!</p> <p>One thing I must know, though.. how were you able to see / tell that we had [raw] function enabled??</p> <p>Thanks! Abdul </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/hanging-p-tags-and-other-mismated-tags-in-gf-form-output#post-164714 Fri, 08 Mar 2013 14:48:47 +0000 Rob Harrell 164714@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Looks clean to me on my dev site: <a href="https://www.evernote.com/shard/s212/sh/8c3207eb-fe71-4189-b26b-66d44ff0bc24/168c3bdfe812e4b8f405738ac8fbf94c" rel="nofollow">screenshot</a></p> <p>Sounds like your theme might be using [raw] function. Try wrapping your form shortcode in those tags.</p> <p>[raw][gf shortcode][/raw]</p> <p>Reference: <a href="http://www.gravityhelp.com/forums/topic/bellow-submit-button#post-145515" rel="nofollow">http://www.gravityhelp.com/forums/topic/bellow-submit-button#post-145515</a> </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/hanging-p-tags-and-other-mismated-tags-in-gf-form-output#post-164710 Fri, 08 Mar 2013 14:45:16 +0000 VAR Channel Marketing 164710@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Hi David, thanks for the speedy reply! It's Version 1.6.12. </p> <p>Here's the XML data for this exact form: <a href="http://pastebin.com/ccZGw9Tq" rel="nofollow">http://pastebin.com/ccZGw9Tq</a></p> <p>Thanks!<br /> Abdul </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/hanging-p-tags-and-other-mismated-tags-in-gf-form-output#post-164669 Fri, 08 Mar 2013 14:16:09 +0000 David Peralty 164669@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>What version of Gravity Forms are you using? I don't see those extra paragraph tags on any of my test installs. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/hanging-p-tags-and-other-mismated-tags-in-gf-form-output#post-164650 Fri, 08 Mar 2013 13:20:15 +0000 VAR Channel Marketing 164650@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Hello,</p> <p>In inspecting the HTML of one my landing pages with a GF, I noticed several hanging tags within the GF form code. So far it's not causing a functional issue, but the HTML won't validate.</p> <p>If you look at the HTML of the following page, you'll see several hanging closing P tags towards the bottom of the GForm. If you view source with FireFox, it highlights the hanging tags to make them stand out.</p> <p><a href="http://www.ultralevel.com/2013-vdi-blocks" rel="nofollow">http://www.ultralevel.com/2013-vdi-blocks</a></p> <p>I have tested the same form on different WP sites and with different themes / plugins. The form output is the same.<br /> I look forward to gaining some insight on this.</p> <p>Thanks!<br /> Abdul </p>