Question Must be something obvious

Hooligan wrote: Thanks for the quick reply. I tried to enter...

{kunena_discuss:4}

Still to no avail. I even tried removing it all together which I think I can do for a non-custom topic). Still no luck.

I suspect that plugins in general are not being handled properly in my article.

For instance, I shouldn't actually see "{kunena_discuss:4}" at the bottom of my article when I read it as a Joomla article (like everyone else does), yet it is there.

I am getting auto inserted <p> tags.

I tried toggling the wysiwyg off and it still inserts them.

I noticed a Joomla article about Text Filters, but mine seem set correctly (Super User = None)

Am I on the right track here you think?

Yep. Sounds lie you're on the right track. Use a different editor to create your articles. Try TinyMCE but disable the "clean up the HTML code option" - the option makes hard work of saving your articles anyway

Of course I could have misunderstood you. I'm not sure tat I've ever come across your particular problem before. Auto-inserting <p> tags. I'm not really sure I understand this at all (mainly because I don't know where I might be seeing them).

Anyway, leaving aside a few side issues, do you actually have a Kunena category 4? It would assist to see your config. report.