🔍 Overview

When you publish or sync content from Content Genius to WordPress, tables in your article may display incorrectly. Common symptoms include:

• Tables appearing as raw HTML code on the published page instead of formatted tables

• Tables disappearing entirely after switching between the WordPress Block editor (Gutenberg) and Classic editor

• Surrounding text and headings updating correctly while only the table is affected

This is a known rendering issue related to how WordPress processes HTML table markup during content sync. The steps below will help you resolve it.

⚙️ Why This Happens

Content Genius generates tables using standard HTML (<table> tags). When WordPress receives this markup, it may not convert it into a native Gutenberg block automatically. If you then switch editors — for example, from the Classic editor to the Block editor — WordPress can strip or misinterpret the raw HTML, causing the table to disappear or display as plain code on the front end.

✅ Steps to Resolve

1. Open your WordPress admin panel and navigate to the post that was synced from Content Genius.

2. Do not switch editors. If the post opened in the Classic editor, stay in the Classic editor. If it opened in the Block editor, stay there. Switching between editors mid-edit is the most common cause of tables disappearing.

3. Locate the table in the editor. If it is showing as raw HTML, switch to the Text / HTML view (not the Visual view) in the Classic editor, or use a Custom HTML block in the Block editor, and confirm the full table code is present and intact.

4. In the Classic editor: Make sure you are viewing the post in Text mode (not Visual mode) before saving, so WordPress does not reformat the HTML. Switch back to Visual only after confirming the table code is correct in Text mode.

5. Save or update the post and then preview it on the front end to confirm the table renders correctly.

6. If the table is missing entirely after a previous editor switch, return to Content Genius in Search Atlas and re-sync the article to WordPress. This will restore the original HTML output.

🚀 Re-Syncing From Content Genius

If the table content is lost and cannot be recovered from WordPress, re-syncing from Content Genius is the fastest way to restore it. Open your article in Content Genius within Search Atlas and use the WordPress sync option to push the content again. Once re-synced, open the post in WordPress and follow the steps above to ensure the table is not affected by an editor switch before saving.

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