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How to fix duplicate HTML tag error in Eclipse

I imported a WordPress website in Eclipse and I got the error for “Duplicate tag (html)” and “Start tag (<audio>) not closed properly“.

The reason is that eclipse validator doesn’t handle well HTML tags within PHP.

One clean approach is to Create a PHP working set to selectively disable validation:

Refer to eclipse docs. Create a working set for the plugin/theme you are developing and then filter the contents in the problems view to that working set.

Another easier fix that is not so clean is to Disable/soften validation by type:

Project -> Properties -> Validation -> HTML Syntax
 x Enable project specific settings
Document Type -> Duplicate DOCTYPE declaration  (Change to Warning or Ignore)
Element -> Unclosed Start tag (Change to Warning or Ignore)

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