• Hi community! I hope you can help me. I am no expert at wordpress and I’m hoping this is a simple thing to resolve.

    Please see the link to my webiste – https://www.hazelwatson.co.uk/about at the bottom of the page are some quotation marks that I do not want. They are also visible on the ‘art’ page too. I think that this is due to the code < p > < block quote > < /block quote > < / p > however I cannot find how to delete this in the back end of wordpress. Can someone advise? I will be grateful for any suggestions.

    Many thanks,
    Hazel

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  • Go to Pages -> About page and click Edit.

    You should find Blockquote block at the end of the page content. Delete it to remove the blockquote in question.

    Thread Starter hazelwatson

    (@hazelwatson)

    Thanks for getting back to me so quickly. The weird thing is that when I edit the page there is no quote marks and even when I click to edit the HTML the <block quote> code is not there. I have also checked the templates in the theme editor and there is nothing to show <block quote> so I don’t know how to delete even the code.

    When I create a new page it automatically adds these quotes and it is a mystery to me. I have created this blank test page which is totally empty yet it still has the quotes – where are they coming from?
    https://www.hazelwatson.co.uk/test

    Which editor are you using to add content? Classic editor/ Gutenberg or something else?. If possible can you add screenshot of the backend editor.

    In classic editor, you should see following code at the end of the page
    <p><blockquote></blockquote></p>

    Thread Starter hazelwatson

    (@hazelwatson)

    Thanks for helping me. I am using the Editor that is built into wordpress, I have attached a screenshot to show the HTML editor on the Art page here : https://www.hazelwatson.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/2.jpg
    As you will see there is no blockquote.

    I also have the ability to edit via the Theme Editor in the Appearance menu here:
    https://www.hazelwatson.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/1.jpg
    But I have searched on every page and I cannot find the blockquote.

    Should I install a classic editor?

    Thanks again

    Try installing classic editor https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/classic-editor/ plugin and check the same page under HTML to see if
    <p><blockquote></blockquote></p> is present.

    Thread Starter hazelwatson

    (@hazelwatson)

    Thanks I will try this. I really appreciate your help, have a nice day!

    it coming from this rule

    .the-content blockquote:before {
        float: left;
        margin-left: -.7em;
        padding: 0 5px 0 0;
        font-family: Georgia, serif;
        font-size: 2.75em;
        opacity: 0.8;
        content: "“";
    }

    if you can find where it coming from you can get rid of it by using

    .the-content blockquote:before{
      content:"";
    }

    just place it at the bottom of your additional CSS at the bottom of customize

    Thread Starter hazelwatson

    (@hazelwatson)

    Oh my god @mrtom414 you are a magician! It worked! Thank you both so much for helping it was driving me crazy!

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