According to Craigslist, the following tags are allowed when creating posts (both free and paid) on the site.
What are your thoughts and experiences with using html tags when doing your Craigslist posts?
Basic Posts
Craigslist allows the basic HTML formatting (shown below) in most categories, but not all tags are guaranteed to work. If you use unsupported HTML, your post may be removed.
| Element | Attributes / Values |
|---|---|
| <b><u><i> | none |
| <font> | size=[2, 3, 4, 5, 6] color=[black, blue, fuchsia, green, maroon, navy, olive, purple, red, teal] |
| <p> | none |
| <br> | none |
| <blockquote> | none |
| <hr> | align=[left, center, right] width=[<pixels>] |
| <h1><h2><h3><h4><h5><h6> | none |
| <ul><ol><li> | none |
| <dl><dd><dt> | none |
Paid posts
Some extra HTML tags may work in certain paid ad categories, but again — if the tag isn’t supported, it can be taken out. Stick to simple, clean code to make sure your post stays online.
| Element | Attributes / Values |
|---|---|
| <a> | href="https://www.example.com/" |
| <img> | src="https://www.example.com/kittens.jpg" |
| <pre> | none |
| <table> | none |
| <tr> | none |
| <th><td> | colspan=[<num>] rowspan=[<num>] |
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