cant pass basic HTML into widgets

Hi
I am using wordpress at the moment to design some site
I am not over familiar with it and having some issues

basically I have two widgets that place text from certain posts on a page
The only problem is the widget isn't picking up the formatting of the text
Even basic HTML code like bold or underline

Is there any way to fix this within the dash board, a plug is or hard coding the wordpress files


Thanks

 

change the theme. must be a error there. Usuall yo can use div style on widgets if you want

 

You can deactivate all plugins and test if it works or not. If one the plugins is causing the problem you can start activating them one by one.

 

Chances are the widgets are stripping out HTML, since it can be dangerous. Which widgets are you using? Did you write them? Have you tried them on a clean setup, with no plugins or anything? Have you tried them on the basic Twenty Fourteen theme, to see if they work there?

 

Hi
The theme I was given and have to be use
I did not write the widgets

I did some research and googling and found code on the internet to make the titles pass HTML
but I am still working on the posts themselves

http://premium.wpmudev.org/blog/wordpress-widget-title-html/

I was trying to use the code and change it to "$showposts" like so

function html_widget_showpost ($showposts) {

//HTML tag opening/closing brackets
$showposts = str_replace( '[', '<', $showposts );
$showposts = str_replace( '[/', '</', $showposts );
// bold -- changed from 's' to 'strong' because of strikethrough code
$showposts = str_replace( 'strong]', 'strong>', $showposts );
$showposts = str_replace( 'b]', 'b>', $showposts );
return $showposts;
}
add_filter('widget_showpost' , 'html_widget_showpost');

Code (markup):

But its not working
Is showposts the right pentameter

these are the ones listed in the widget file
$title
$category
$cols
$showposts
$longdesc
$customclass
$linktitle
$disabletext

 

Can only be a theme issue. Revert back to the default theme and see if your widget css is working. If it works, your theme needs a check.
Else, if you want, share your Wordpress details with me(over PM) and I can see for you