# Run-together markdown formatting mixed with html makes images not load

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/run-together-markdown-formatting-mixed-with-html-makes-images-not-load/199445
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [August 6, 2021, 3:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/run-together-markdown-formatting-mixed-with-html-makes-images-not-load/199445 "2021-08-06T15:55:43Z")
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### Author: ![angus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/angus/32/341715_2.png) [@angus](https://meta.discourse.org/u/angus)
#### Post date: [August 11, 2021, 1:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/run-together-markdown-formatting-mixed-with-html-makes-images-not-load/199445/11 "2021-08-11T01:49:28Z")

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I see, thanks for clarifying. Honestly, this is unlikely to change anytime soon for the [reasons discussed in the topic I linked above](https://meta.discourse.org/t/markdown-rendering-issue-with-image-surrounded-with-html/152801/13). For example

> The key thing for us is to maintain the integrity of the content, so the newline solution will probably not happen.

The problem is that if you were to try and autocorrect for the issue you’re describing it would potentially create other issues. The current solution here is to add your wordpress domain to the `disabled image download domains` site setting.

**edit** I’ve made a small proposal on that front, but it’s speculative and I would reiterate that the current solution here is to disable image downloads for your WP domain.

> [@Markdown rendering issue with image surrounded with HTML](https://meta.discourse.org/t/markdown-rendering-issue-with-image-surrounded-with-html/152801/25):
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> This issue has cropped up again Just thinking out-loud here, but I wonder if we can elide the tricky problem here (i.e. the conversion of HTML to markdown). To recap (just to help think this through) Discourse supports the importation of HTML for the creation of post content (e.g. HTML from [WP Discourse](https://github.com/discourse/wp-discourse)). In some contexts the user expects the integrity of the original HTML to be retained exactly. “integrity” here has at least two aspects: How the content is rendered, e.g. linebreak…

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