# Post HTML Element Class Being Removed

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-html-element-class-being-removed/32644>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [August 28, 2015, 1:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-html-element-class-being-removed/32644 "2015-08-28T13:00:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![pnewelljr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecae2f/32.png) [@pnewelljr](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pnewelljr)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2015, 1:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-html-element-class-being-removed/32644/1 "2015-08-28T13:00:57Z")

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Anytime I try to add a class to an HTML element (div) in a post on the forum, the class is stripped when the post is displayed. How can I stop this from happening?

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