Raw HTML Plugin for WordPress

Introduction

Recently I needed to put some style definitions and a JavaScript function in a post on another blog that I have. I wasted several hours trying to do this, because WordPress insisted on putting backslashes in front of my apostrophes, inserting superfluous <p> or <br /> tags in place of newlines, and generally breaking my HTML in various horrible ways.

In the end I decided to just go and write a plugin that would let me disable the automatic formatting that WordPress applies to post content. This plugin adds a set of shortcodes that you can use to “protect” specific parts of your post and prevent WP from messing with them.

Download & Installation

Requirements :

WordPress 2.8 or later
If you use the free version, I strongly recommend disabling the visual editor. It (the editor) can mess up your code even if you use this plugin.

Installation is straightforward – download the zip file, unzip, upload the raw-html folder to /wp-content/plugins and activate it in the Plugins tab.

Usage

There are two ways to use the plugin. First, to turn off “smart quotes” and other built-in filters for an entire post, use the checkboxes that Raw HTML adds to the “Edit Post” screen:

Raw HTML meta box screenshot

If you want to prevent a specific part of your post or page from being processed and “texturized” by WordPress, wrap it in ... or <!–raw–>…<!–/raw–> tags. The two versions work exactly the same, with one exception – the <!–raw–>’s won’t be visible to your visitors even if you deactivate the plugin.

Example :
 This

a ‘test’!
<!–/raw–>

Result :
This is a 'test'!

If you view the source code of this page, you will see that the newlines are still there, and the apostrophes haven’t been converted/escaped.

Other Notes

This plugin is provided AS IS, with no guarantee that it will work on your site.

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318 Responses to “Raw HTML Plugin for WordPress”

White Shadow says:

March 28, 2009 at 18:24

@ Shane : Fixed in 1.2.2.
Gianfranco says:

March 28, 2009 at 18:46

One question. Does it remove the “auto p” from images as well?
White Shadow says:

March 28, 2009 at 18:55

I haven’t tested it, but I think it would.
Shane says:

March 28, 2009 at 19:03

@White Shadow
Thanks for your work!
Dave says:

March 31, 2009 at 08:57

Brilliant!
E-Labor » Edasiminek says:

April 3, 2009 at 15:40

[…] Leidsin ka võimaluse kuidas WordPressi all sisestada javascripti ja teisi HTML tag’e. Selleks on vaja plugin’at nimega RawHTML […]
Some Powerful WordPress Themes | Shefeekj.com says:

April 13, 2009 at 12:01

[…] Raw HTML Plugin for WordPress Raw HTML Plugin for WordPress doesn’t let WordPress to put backslashes in front of apostrophes, insert superfluous tags in place of newlines, and break HTML in various ways. This plugin lets you put any code or script (e.g. JavaScript) in your posts and display it to the visitor unmodified. […]
Hikari says:

April 14, 2009 at 05:30

What changed on version 1.2.3?
Hikari says:

April 14, 2009 at 05:36

BTW, what plugin do you use to have this “Manage your subscriptions” feature? 😀
White Shadow says:

April 14, 2009 at 12:21

I partially replaced regular expressions with simple string manipulation because regexps were hitting some ridiculously low input limit when processing long posts. You won’t notice any difference if you didn’t have this problem.

I use the Subscribe to Comments plugin for that feature.
Tobias says:

April 23, 2009 at 02:15

I would love to see an option that forces RAW on everypost. Or every new post I should say.

Thanks!
White Shadow says:

April 23, 2009 at 02:44

Mmm, a settings page with a single option… pretty unlikely.
www.prince.gr | www.prince.gr Reboot - Part II says:

May 7, 2009 at 01:12

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Dave says:

May 7, 2009 at 08:07

Hi Janis,

I think Raw HTML is stripping paragraph tags even on posts/pages where I haven’t told it to. For instance, I’ll add carriage returns in the visual editor, or I’ll add tags by hand using the HTML editor, and they’re always stripped out. I’ve tried deactivating the plugin, but that doesn’t help. This wasn’t happening before I installed Raw HTML.

This is on a new blog running 2.7.1 (and Raw HTML 1.2.3)

Have you seen this before?
White Shadow says:

May 7, 2009 at 13:32

If deactivating Raw HTML doesn’t help then the problem probably wasn’t caused by this plugin in the first place. The plugin doesn’t make any persistent changes to a blog – deactivate it and it stops. The plugin-specific tags (e.g. <–start_raw–>) would remain in the post (if you inserted them) but they wouldn’t do anything.
Tommy k Johanssons blogg om datorer & Internet says:

May 19, 2009 at 07:18

Få din egna HTML-kod att fungera i WordPress-inlägg…

WordPress är inte speciellt bra på att acceptera HTML-kod i inlägg. Koden förvrängs som regel med radbrytningar, taggar och en del försvinner helt enkelt. Om du någon gång provat att klistra in ett par rader Javascript så vet du vad jag menar…….
Todd says:

May 19, 2009 at 21:24

!RAWBLOCK0!

There is a problem with the latest WP ??

I get this with just

This

is

a ‘test’!

or even just puting

And nothing else.

Are there compatibility issues with other plugins??
White Shadow says:

May 19, 2009 at 21:50

I received a similar report a few weeks ago and it turned out to be a compatibility issue with the “Share On Facebook” plugin. It’s probably something similar in your case.
Digital Nomad says:

August 22, 2009 at 20:03

Can this plug-in be used at the latest version of WordPress 2.8.4?
White Shadow says:

August 22, 2009 at 20:57

Yes. As far as I know, it should work fine.

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