# HTML Tag bypassing

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/html-tag-bypassing/242704
**Category:** UX
**Created:** [October 23, 2022, 9:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/html-tag-bypassing/242704 "2022-10-23T09:16:13Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author: ![18001767679](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/18001767679/32/224684_2.png) [@18001767679](https://meta.discourse.org/u/18001767679)
#### Post date: [October 23, 2022, 9:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/html-tag-bypassing/242704/1 "2022-10-23T09:16:13Z")

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We can bypass character limit by adding some html tags

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### Author: ![JammyDodger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jammydodger/32/254611_2.png) [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [October 23, 2022, 9:18am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/html-tag-bypassing/242704/2 "2022-10-23T09:18:02Z")

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This has been mentioned a few times. As it stands, this is the current approach: 👍

> [@Bypassing character minimum on posts via HTML](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bypassing-character-minimum-on-posts-via-html/112970/2):
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> Yes, this is well known, there are many topics on this. Have a search.
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> It’s WONTFIX because there are as many methods to bypass as there are grains of sand on a beach. We only care about the common and easy ones.

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### Author: ![18001767679](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/18001767679/32/224684_2.png) [@18001767679](https://meta.discourse.org/u/18001767679)
#### Post date: [October 23, 2022, 9:18am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/html-tag-bypassing/242704/3 "2022-10-23T09:18:37Z")

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Oh.  
I forgot to check that.  
Sorry.

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### Author: ![JammyDodger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jammydodger/32/254611_2.png) [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [October 23, 2022, 9:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/html-tag-bypassing/242704/4 "2022-10-23T09:19:41Z")

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