[wp-hackers] Paragraphs stripped from bio field

[Hacker Scot]

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> Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2008 13:14:54 -0600
> From: Otto <otto at ottodestruct.com>
> Subject: Re: [wp-hackers] Paragraphs stripped from bio field
>
> On 1/8/08, Ryan Boren <ryan at boren.nu> wrote:
>> Maybe we should have wp_filter_textarea_kses that allows more tags.
>> Not sure why <p> is not allowed in wp_filter_kses().
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> wp_filter_kses is used on comments, titles, etc. All the stuff where
> you don't want that sort of thing. While I don't see anything that
> they could do with <p>, I don't see any reason for them to have it in
> the first place, really, since the <p>'s are going to be added via
> wpautop.

But note that that doesn't currently happen - it's impossible to have  
paragraphs in a bio without using a plugin.

./s