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Restoring the Style and Class Support Eliminated by WordPress MU 1.2.3
By Greg | July 30, 2007
The latest version of WordPress Multi-User hobbles styling flexibility for end users by stripping out classes, CSS styles, even ALT attribute. This huge step backward in terms of usability has appeared under the mantle of ‘security fix’, but as far as I can tell, this is not a security fix at all. Here’s how to restore lost WPMU functionality, and where to find the updated code that fixes the real bugs in this area that are still shipping with both WordPress and WordPress MU.
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August 29th, 2007 at 4:11 am
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September 26th, 2007 at 12:39 am
Is there step-by-step instruction on how to get this back into wpmu? im kind of a noob and i need div’s back in my wpmu v1.2.5 installation….
help!
September 26th, 2007 at 9:09 am
Hi Chase,
No step-by-steps here, but the good news is that if you’re running 1.2.5, it’s fairly straightforward to restore the lost functionalty via a plugin, rather than just via using the older kses.php. See Donncha’s note on how to do it here on his blog.
All the best,
Greg
September 29th, 2007 at 2:18 am
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February 21st, 2008 at 7:33 pm
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January 6th, 2009 at 9:50 pm
Hey Greg,
What’s the latest on this with WPMU 2.6+ (and I suppose 2.7, but I’m avoiding it at the moment)?
Is it still removed functionality for WPMU, or does Wordpress have it now? I’m having trouble with TinyMCE in non-post textareas, and of course, problems with embedding Youtube.
Burton
January 10th, 2009 at 2:08 pm
Hi Burton,
I stopped working with WPMU a year or so ago, so I’m afraid I’m none the wiser as to what the latest version might have in store for you.
All the best,
Greg
May 11th, 2009 at 4:24 am
It’s very frustrating working with MU now. Yes, 2.7 strips code and so does the new update I installed today.
I’m going around in circles looking for a fix for it. Google sent me to this page, but no fix here, as is the case wherever it’s being discussed. You don’t dare ask for help in the MU forum about this issue.