HTML Elements

Below is just about every HTML element you might want to use in your blog posts. Check the source code to see the many embedded elements within paragraphs.


Header one

Repellendus aut accusamus nam sed ut qui. Inventore quis nobis qui ullam. Qui praesentium ipsa animi. Nobis consectetur esse eaque. Quo rerum quo possimus. Odit voluptatem blanditiis ab natus.

Header two

Repellendus aut accusamus nam sed ut qui. Inventore quis nobis qui ullam. Qui praesentium ipsa animi. Nobis consectetur esse eaque. Quo rerum quo possimus. Odit voluptatem blanditiis ab natus.

Header three

Repellendus aut accusamus nam sed ut qui. Inventore quis nobis qui ullam. Qui praesentium ipsa animi. Nobis consectetur esse eaque. Quo rerum quo possimus. Odit voluptatem blanditiis ab natus.

Header four

Repellendus aut accusamus nam sed ut qui. Inventore quis nobis qui ullam. Qui praesentium ipsa animi. Nobis consectetur esse eaque. Quo rerum quo possimus. Odit voluptatem blanditiis ab natus.

Header five

Repellendus aut accusamus nam sed ut qui. Inventore quis nobis qui ullam. Qui praesentium ipsa animi. Nobis consectetur esse eaque.

Header six

Repellendus aut accusamus nam sed ut qui. Inventore quis nobis qui ullam. Qui praesentium ipsa animi. Nobis consectetur esse eaque.

Blockquotes

Being busy does not always mean real work. The object of all work is production or accomplishment and to either of these ends there must be forethought, system, planning, intelligence, and honest purpose, as well as perspiration. Seeming to do is not doing.
Thomas A. Edison

Tables

Employee Salary
John Doe $1 Because that’s all Steve Jobs needed for a salary.
Jane Doe $100K For all the blogging she does.
Fred Bloggs $100M Pictures are worth a thousand words, right? So Jane x 1,000.
Jane Bloggs $100B With hair like that?! Enough said…

Definition Lists

Definition List Title
Definition list division.
Startup
A startup company or startup is a company or temporary organization designed to search for a repeatable and scalable business model.

Unordered Lists (Nested)

  • List item one
    • List item one
    • List item two
    • List item three
    • List item four
  • List item two
  • List item three
  • List item four

Ordered List (Nested)

  1. List item one
    1. List item one
    2. List item two
    3. List item three
    4. List item four
  2. List item two
  3. List item three
  4. List item four

HTML Tags

These supported tags come from the WordPress.com code FAQ.

Address Tag

1 Infinite Loop
Cupertino, CA 95014
United States

Anchor Tag (aka. Link)

This is an example of a link.

Abbreviation Tag

The abbreviation srsly stands for “seriously”.

Acronym Tag (deprecated in HTML5)

The acronym ftw stands for “for the win”.

Big Tag (deprecated in HTML5)

These tests are a big deal, but this tag is no longer supported in HTML5.

Cite Tag

“Code is poetry.” —Automattic

Preformatted Tag

This tag styles blocks of code.

.post-title {
    margin: 0 0 5px;
    font-weight: bold;
    font-size: 38px;
    line-height: 1.2;
}

Delete Tag

This tag will let you strike out text, but this tag is recommended supported in HTML5 (use the <s> instead).

Emphasize Tag

The emphasize tag should italicize text.

Horizontal Rule Tag


This sentence is following a <hr /> tag.

Insert Tag

This tag should denote inserted text.

Keyboard Tag

This scarcely known tag emulates keyboard text, which is usually styled like the <code> tag.

Small Tag

This tag shows smaller text.

Strong Tag

This tag shows bold text.

Subscript Tag

Getting our science styling on with H2O, which should push the “2” down.

Superscript Tag

Still sticking with science and Isaac Newton’s E = MC2, which should lift the 2 up.

Underline Tag deprecated in HTML 4, re-introduced in HTML5 with other semantics

This tag shows underlined text.

Variable Tag

This allows you to denote variables.