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The new Text Widget in WordPress 4.8 is stripping out code. For example, if the following code is placed in the widget via the Text editor:

<ul>
<li><a href="#" class="location"></a>List 1</li>
<li><a href="#" class="location"></a>List 2</li>
</ul>

Just noticed the issue this morning, after upgrading to WP 4.8 on a few sites.

andreas
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Yes, this seems to happen with Wordpress 4.8. Here is an article regarding this issue.

As long as you don't open a text widget, you should be safe from this behavior.

One solution is to use a plugin available named Classic Text Widget that fixes this issue. Note that this plugin uses PHP namespaces which are only supported in PHP Version 5.3.0 and higher.

user8230352
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  • I unfortunately ran into this issue AFTER updating, so I have no way to dump my widget content into another type of widget before updating. I x=will test Classic Text Widget. Thanks. – Fred Delaunay Jul 18 '17 at 20:21