WordPress is Adding and “; “

Hi,

I’m using the classic text editor in 2017. I’ve tried adding functions to my child functions.php as recommend. But nothing will stop it. I hit update and suddenly <p> and semicolons get added.

I can’t begin to tell you how frustrating this is. I need editing that DOES NOT ADDING ANYTHING!

I would even consider going into the DB to stop it. There really should be a toggle or a plugin that stops this.