zenserve

OK, I found a solution

It was posted here.

https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/does-the_content-adds-extra-ltpgt-amp-ltbrgt-to-html-comments?replies=8

you have to edit
wp-includes/default-filters.php
and comment out
add_filter( ‘the_content’, ‘wpautop’ );

I don’t think esmi understand the problem. mattzellmer is asking about how to remove the <p> tags around the html comments (not the blog user comments). I sometimes put some html comments saying what the <div> block is like

<!-- start of main content -->
<div id='maincontent'>
some other tags or content

</div>
<!-- end of main content -->

After I save this in the editor within wp-admin, WP render my content like this

<p><!-- start of main content --></p>
<div id='maincontent'>
some other tags or content

</div>
<p><!-- end of main content --></p>

This has caused a problem for the layout

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