If what you want is really only to prevent WordPress from adding empty <p></p> and you’d be happy with removing those after post retrieval from the database, then function wpse108194_remove_empty_paragraphs( $content ) { $content = preg_replace( ‘#<p>\s*</p>#’, ”, $content ); return $content; } add_filter( ‘the_content’, ‘wpse108194_remove_empty_paragraphs’, 11 ); will do.
Don’t use the_excerpt() if you want to have line-breaks 😉
This is actually an example of the wpautop() function‘s intended purpose. From the Codex: Changes double line-breaks in the text into HTML paragraphs (<p>…</p>). Note that the example provided in the Codex explicitly uses a string that begins with a line-break for this very purpose: <?php $some_long_text = // Start Text Some long text that … Read more
Well, there is a script out there. The author claims that it removes the wpautop form individual specific shorcodes. You’ll find it here. Add this to your functions.php or your plugin like below- // Here I assumed that you kept the name of the PHP script file same include “shortcode-wpautop-control.php”; And then call the function … Read more
@morgan-estes Great solution but it i think it should be better to add_filter in else so the next block or content gets filter with WPAUTOP /** * Try to disable wpautop inside specific blocks. * * @link https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/q/321662/26317 * * @param string $block_content The HTML generated for the block. * @param array $block The block. … Read more
The empty p tag in the developer console means that you have other HTML being outputted inside it, which shouldn’t be there. i.e the H5 tag for the heading. This is because “do_shortcode” uses the wpautop filter which wraps everything in a p tag Try remove the wpautop filter, run do_shortcode, and then re add … Read more
WordPress editor strips out anchor tags when they appear on their own line
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Late to the party, but this plugin, Toggle wpautop, lets you selectively disable whether you want WP to butcher your content on pages or posts, and works on WP 4.9 (current version as of this answer).
By chance I just happened to discover what it was, so I think I’ll leave this here as it might help someone in the future. Some web pages, including an answer to this question suggest using the following code to prevent wpautop from running until after the shortcodes. Now I wasn’t able to fully understand … Read more