Disable WordPress from adding <p> tags

All I've got is the following little snippet of code:

<select size="1" name="EventHour<?php echo $i; ?>"> 
    <option>1</option> 
    <option>2</option> 
    <option>3</option> 
    <option>4</option> 
    <option>5</option> 
    <option>6</option> 
    <option>7</option> 
    <option>8</option> 
    <option>9</option> 
    <option>10</option> 
    <option>11</option> 
    <option>12</option> 
  </select> 
  : <!-- note this character -->
  <select size="1" name="EventMinute<?php echo $i; ?>"> 
    <option>00</option> 
    <option>05</option> 
    <option>10</option> 
    <option>15</option> 
    <option>20</option> 
    <option>25</option> 
    <option>30</option> 
    <option>35</option> 
    <option>40</option> 
    <option>45</option> 
    <option>50</option> 
    <option>55</option> 
  </select> 

The should output fine. However, WordPress adds a p-tag around both of my select-elements as well as around the ":"-character. This makes them all end up on different rows.

I've installed and activated the WordPress plugin "Disable Visual Editor WYSIWYG" on this page without any success. Any other ideas what I can do to stop this from happening? Thanks in advance!

Solution 1:

Use this:

remove_filter( 'the_content', 'wpautop' );
remove_filter( 'the_excerpt', 'wpautop' );

in your functions.php

Here's the complete answer: http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wpautop#Disabling_the_filter

Solution 2:

Wordpress modifies and cleans your entered HTML both in the editor and at output.

Use this plugin to get unmodified markup into your posts:

https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/raw-html/

Solution 3:

Try this in your functions.php

<?php remove_filter ('the_content', 'wpautop'); ?>

Solution 4:

You can minify your code. Wordpress won't destroy code if everything is on one line.

I do that when I want to put <style> or <script> tags inside certain posts.