Disable wpautop, keep line breaks

Question

How can I disable automatic paragraph tags, but retain line breaks?

I have used this to remove wpautop:

remove_filter( 'the_content', 'wpautop' ); remove_filter( 'the_excerpt', 'wpautop' );

But there are no more line breaks in the text.

Could you elaborate on what exactly you mean? You want <br /> tags, I assume? (EOLs should be there) — Johannes P.
– Johannes P., Commented May 8, 2013 at 22:14
Yes, I want br tags. Do you mean a simple nl2br function should do it? — Pier
– Pier, Commented May 8, 2013 at 23:03
@Pier Add a real answer with your working code please. Accept that answer and get some rep. :) — fuxia
– fuxia ♦, Commented May 9, 2013 at 4:43

forsvunnet · Accepted Answer · 2015-03-20 12:43:23Z

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Here's the full solution.

First disable wpautop in your functions.php

remove_filter( 'the_content', 'wpautop' ); remove_filter( 'the_excerpt', 'wpautop' );

Then parse your content/excerpt with nl2br (a standard PHP function).

add_filter( 'the_content', 'nl2br' ); add_filter( 'the_excerpt', 'nl2br' );

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