How to get line breaks to translate to paragraphs?

By default, line breaks in the TinyMCE editor are convered into <p></p> paragraphs. Either your theme or a plugin is disabling this functionality.

To figure out which, you need to:

  1. Disable all plugins and see if this fixes the problem.
    • If it does, then re-enable your plugins one at a time to see which one is breaking the paragraph features.
  2. Switch back to the default theme (either TwentyTen or TwentyEleven).
    • If this fixes the problem, then it’s your theme that is causing the issue. Ask a new question about fixing your theme and be sure to tell us what theme you’re using.

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