html entered as plain text appears differently from paragraph to paragra

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    dfuentes1321 · Member ·

    I write blog posts about music that include graphics and audio. While working in Word, I enter codes to format titles, anchor the .mp3 audio players, and images. (The .mp3 files and images are in my media library) Here is an example:

    <strong><em>“Mamas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys,”</strong> by Ed and Patsy Bruce</em>&nbsp;[sc_embed_player fileurl=”https://figuringoutmelody.com/wp-content/uploads/mamas-dont-let-your-babies-figuration.mp3″]<br><img src=”https://figuringoutmelody.com/wp-content/uploads/mamas-dont-let-your-babies-3ns.webp” alt=”mamas-dont-let-your-babies-3ns melodic figures”> 

    I cut and paste into Gutenberg (6.1.1), using the “paste as plain text” option. Typically, the result looks like this.

    (The example above is a screenshot. Don’t expect the player to work.)

    Here’s my problem.

    It’s been several months since I wrote a new post. Today, when I tried my usual process, some of the examples (title, player, image) appeared correctly. But other examples—which are formatted EXACTLY THE SAME WAY—put the player on a separate line, like this:

    Several odd things at work here. I’ve spent all day trying to figure out why some examples format correctly and others do not. I hope someone has the key to free me from my agony!

    I think the best way to troubleshoot the possible issues will be to list some of the things I’ve tried and noticed, along with some facts, in no particular order?

    • The Bill Withers example was originally the only example that formatted correctly. Then as I messed with the order of examples, I couldn’t get it to put the player icon in the proper place. Very odd, because this example (it’s text/code) was one I brought in from a post that has worked perfectly for quite awhile. https://figuringoutmelody.com/what-is-a-melodic-figure/
    • I’ve tried entering the cut-and-pasted text from Word in every way I can think of using Gutenberg’s options. As custom html, preformatted, and in the code editor. Weirdness lingers in all options.
    • I’ve copied the formatting from examples that work and pasted in different names for audio and images. That did nothing.
    • Once, when I re-ordered the examples, instances that were properly formatted suddenly didn’t work correctly, while other instances that did not appear correctly corrected themselves. I haven’t been able to reproduce that since early this afernoon.

    Any ideas, anyone?

    Thanks in advance for taking time to look into this!

  • staff-95percentghost · Staff ·

    Hi! You’ve landed on the support forums for sites that are hosted here on WordPress.com. It looks like your site uses the WordPress software from WordPress.org, but with a different host, if I understand correctly? If so, were you intending to get to the WordPress.org forums? They’re here, for reference:
    https://wordpress.org/support/forums/

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