Title: WP_HTML_Processor::close_a_p_element
Published: November 8, 2023
Last modified: February 24, 2026

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# WP_HTML_Processor::close_a_p_element()

## In this article

 * [Description](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_html_processor/close_a_p_element/?output_format=md#description)
    - [See also](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_html_processor/close_a_p_element/?output_format=md#see-also)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_html_processor/close_a_p_element/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_html_processor/close_a_p_element/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_html_processor/close_a_p_element/?output_format=md#changelog)

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This function’s access is marked private. This means it is not intended for use 
by plugin or theme developers, only by core. It is listed here for completeness.

Closes a P element.

## 󠀁[Description](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_html_processor/close_a_p_element/?output_format=md#description)󠁿

### 󠀁[See also](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_html_processor/close_a_p_element/?output_format=md#see-also)󠁿

 * [https://html.spec.whatwg.org/#close-a-p-element](https://html.spec.whatwg.org/#close-a-p-element/)

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_html_processor/close_a_p_element/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

    ```php
    private function close_a_p_element(): void {
    	$this->generate_implied_end_tags( 'P' );
    	$this->state->stack_of_open_elements->pop_until( 'P' );
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/html-api/class-wp-html-processor.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/html-api/class-wp-html-processor.php#L5760)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/html-api/class-wp-html-processor.php#L5760-L5763)

## 󠀁[Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_html_processor/close_a_p_element/?output_format=md#related)󠁿

| Uses | Description | 
| [WP_HTML_Processor::generate_implied_end_tags()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_html_processor/generate_implied_end_tags/)`wp-includes/html-api/class-wp-html-processor.php` |

Closes elements that have implied end tags.

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| Used by | Description | 
| [WP_HTML_Processor::step_in_body()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_html_processor/step_in_body/)`wp-includes/html-api/class-wp-html-processor.php` |

Parses next element in the ‘in body’ insertion mode.

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## 󠀁[Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_html_processor/close_a_p_element/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

| Version | Description | 
| [6.4.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/6.4.0/) | Introduced. |

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