diff --git a/src/wp-includes/html-api/class-wp-html-tag-processor.php b/src/wp-includes/html-api/class-wp-html-tag-processor.php
index ede5db8a3d227..7feee0096f3e5 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/html-api/class-wp-html-tag-processor.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/html-api/class-wp-html-tag-processor.php
@@ -291,6 +291,8 @@
  * double-quoted strings, meaning that attributes on input with single-quoted or
  * unquoted values will appear in the output with double-quotes.
  *
+ * scripts aren't processed
+ *
  * @since 6.2.0
  * @since 6.2.1 Fix: Support for various invalid comments; attribute updates are case-insensitive.
  * @since 6.3.2 Fix: Skip HTML-like content inside rawtext elements such as STYLE.
@@ -646,8 +648,8 @@ public function next_tag( $query = null ) {
 	}
 
 	public function next_token() {
-		$was_at = $this->bytes_already_parsed;
 		$this->get_updated_html();
+		$was_at = $this->bytes_already_parsed;
 
 		// Don't proceed if there's nothing more to scan.
 		if (
@@ -671,7 +673,7 @@ public function next_token() {
 		// Find the next tag if it exists.
 		if ( false === $this->parse_next_tag() ) {
 			if ( self::STATE_INCOMPLETE === $this->parser_state ) {
-				 $this->bytes_already_parsed = $was_at;
+				$this->bytes_already_parsed = $was_at;
 			}
 
 			return false;
@@ -687,6 +689,7 @@ public function next_token() {
 			self::STATE_INCOMPLETE === $this->parser_state ||
 			$this->bytes_already_parsed >= strlen( $this->html )
 		) {
+			// Does this appropriately clear state (parsed attributes)?
 			$this->parser_state         = self::STATE_INCOMPLETE;
 			$this->bytes_already_parsed = $was_at;
 
@@ -713,41 +716,41 @@ public function next_token() {
 		if (
 			! $this->is_closing_tag &&
 			(
-				 'i' === $t || 'I' === $t ||
-				 'n' === $t || 'N' === $t ||
-				 's' === $t || 'S' === $t ||
-				 't' === $t || 'T' === $t ||
-				 'x' === $t || 'X' === $t
+				'i' === $t || 'I' === $t ||
+				'n' === $t || 'N' === $t ||
+				's' === $t || 'S' === $t ||
+				't' === $t || 'T' === $t ||
+				'x' === $t || 'X' === $t
 			) ) {
 			$tag_name = $this->get_tag();
 
 			if ( 'SCRIPT' === $tag_name && ! $this->skip_script_data() ) {
-				 $this->parser_state         = self::STATE_INCOMPLETE;
-				 $this->bytes_already_parsed = $was_at;
+				$this->parser_state         = self::STATE_INCOMPLETE;
+				$this->bytes_already_parsed = $was_at;
 
-				 return false;
+				return false;
 			} elseif (
-				 ( 'TEXTAREA' === $tag_name || 'TITLE' === $tag_name ) &&
-				 ! $this->skip_rcdata( $tag_name )
+				( 'TEXTAREA' === $tag_name || 'TITLE' === $tag_name ) &&
+				! $this->skip_rcdata( $tag_name )
 			) {
-				 $this->parser_state         = self::STATE_INCOMPLETE;
-				 $this->bytes_already_parsed = $was_at;
+				$this->parser_state         = self::STATE_INCOMPLETE;
+				$this->bytes_already_parsed = $was_at;
 
-				 return false;
+				return false;
 			} elseif (
-				 (
-					 'IFRAME' === $tag_name ||
-					 'NOEMBED' === $tag_name ||
-					 'NOFRAMES' === $tag_name ||
-					 'STYLE' === $tag_name ||
-					 'XMP' === $tag_name
-				 ) &&
-				 ! $this->skip_rawtext( $tag_name )
+				(
+					'IFRAME' === $tag_name ||
+					'NOEMBED' === $tag_name ||
+					'NOFRAMES' === $tag_name ||
+					'STYLE' === $tag_name ||
+					'XMP' === $tag_name
+				) &&
+				! $this->skip_rawtext( $tag_name )
 			) {
-				 $this->parser_state         = self::STATE_INCOMPLETE;
-				 $this->bytes_already_parsed = $was_at;
+				$this->parser_state         = self::STATE_INCOMPLETE;
+				$this->bytes_already_parsed = $was_at;
 
-				 return false;
+				return false;
 			}
 		}