Custom HTML bullet points suddenly not working

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  spaciireth · Member · Feb 22, 2023 at 8:07 am

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  I run a book blog and when I write my wrap-up post at the end of the month, I use the custom HTML block to make a bulleted list using a book emoji as the bullet symbol (see https://keysandopenmind.wordpress.com/2022/10/31/october-2022-reading-wrap-up/). To do this, I use

  <ol style="list-style-image:url('https://keysandopenmind.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/bookemoji.png');">

  accompanied by

  <li style="list-style-type:none;">

  This was working fine until October 2022, and is still displaying fine for posts before then.

  Starting with my November 2022 monthly wrap-up, the book emoji have stopped appearing.

  e.g. https://keysandopenmind.wordpress.com/2023/01/02/december-2022-reading-wrap-up/

  https://keysandopenmind.wordpress.com/2023/01/02/december-2022-reading-wrap-up/).

  I’ve noticed that somewhere along the line, the style code is disappearing and reverting to a plain <ol> tag. I tried replacing these with the above and it appears to work in the preview, but when I save and open the page, the problem has returned.

  I’ve even tried copying the list into a plain text document, deleting the block and creating a new one, and replacing the html, but the problem persists, and starting a new post from scratch, since I usually use the Duplicate Post function.

  I’d really appreciate some advice on what might have changed with these posts to cause this.

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  aisajib · Member · Feb 23, 2023 at 3:38 am

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  Hi there!

  We’re aware of inline CSS being stripped in some sites that do not have access to custom CSS, a feature available with the WordPress.com Premium plan or the Custom CSS add-on. I’ve reported this instance to the developers as well so they can look into it. In the meantime, you can consider using the Custom CSS add-on to add site-wide CSS code instead of inline CSS.

  Regards

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  spaciireth · Member · Feb 23, 2023 at 4:46 am

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  Thank you for the advice and for reporting it up the line. I’ll look into the Custom CSS add-on in the meantime.