Title: wpautop control Author: bigsmoke Published: December 16, 2010 Last modified: May 8, 2015 --- Search plugins This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/wpautop-control.svg) # wpautop control By [bigsmoke](https://profiles.wordpress.org/bigsmoke/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/wpautop-control.1.6.zip) * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpautop-control/#description) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpautop-control/#reviews) * [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpautop-control/#installation) * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpautop-control/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wpautop-control/) ## Description This plugin was born out of a very simple need. Back in the day, when the wpautop filter was really sucky, I got annoyed and turned it off for my [blog](http://blog.bigsmoke.us/). However, years later, me (but mostly my co-author, Halfgaar) got equally annoyed by having to manually type in all the angle brackets. I wanted to turn on the filter again, but I didn’t want this to affect all my old posts. Hence this plugin. See [this blog post](http://blog.bigsmoke.us/2010/12/09/wpautop) for more history. ## Installation 1. Unzip the plugin in the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress ## FAQ Installation Instructions 1. Unzip the plugin in the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress How do I turn off automatic formatting for a post? Add a custom field called `wpautop` to any post. When set to `false`, `no` or `off`, WordPress will no longer attempt to add `

` and `
` tags to your posts (so you’ll be responsible for adding these yourself). How do I turn on automatic formatting for a post? You can set the field’s value to `true`, `yes` or `on` if you do want WordPress to use its `wpautop` filter to add `

` and `
` tags for you. (Of course, this only makes sense if you’ve globally disabled `wpautop` in the included option screen.) How do I turn of line-end break insertions? Set the field’s value to ‘-break’ to just disable the conversion of newlines to `
` tags within paragraphs. I upgraded the plugin and it lost my default settings! No, it didn’t. Disable and re-enable the plugin and the setting should be updated to the new setting. ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ba281c88d5517d609bfc9d7606f973f57e7775a9044b86357f134dab3a9a69f7? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[It works. thanks](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/it-works-thanks-3/)󠁿 [petroe34](https://profiles.wordpress.org/petroe34/) September 14, 2016 It works. thanks ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/99f2851ad0ef803195987acfa1234ebe6aefd250680d0a526f839209caad82e2? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Worked great!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/worked-great-82/)󠁿 [kasiamcm](https://profiles.wordpress.org/kasiamcm/) September 3, 2016 I have a premium theme with a lot of plugins activated and this plugin worked right out of the box. Thank you! ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/89a9b11eb653c1cc3f3bd2034b0bfb333897eede572a3dbf23886d2b3991fab5? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Does the job](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-the-job-229/)󠁿 [sharcs](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sharcs/) September 3, 2016 Needed to remove pesky break tags from a form, the plugin did it in seconds. [ Read all 7 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wpautop-control/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “wpautop control” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ bigsmoke ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/bigsmoke/) [Translate “wpautop control” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/wpautop-control) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpautop-control/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/wpautop-control/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/wpautop-control/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/wpautop-control/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.6 * Re-enabled some `on`/`off` aliases. * Upgrade routine to update old boolean option (`wpautop_on_by_default`) to new option (`wpautop_by_default`). #### 1.5 * Fixed Markdown in readme.txt plugin documentation. #### 1.4 * Jesse Jacobson contributed a new feature, which disables only the conversion of newlines into `
` tags within paragraphs. This is useful, for example, when writing Markdown with a text editor like Vim. #### 1.3 * Updated description so that it mentions “angle brackets” instead of “curly braces”. #### 1.2 * Improved readme.txt so that usage instructions turn up in the FAQ instead of in Other Notes. #### 1.1 * Clarified option screen. It seemed to be causing confusion. * Instead of just true/false, you can now also use yes/no or on/off in the wpautop custom field. #### 1.0 * First release ## Meta * Version **1.6** * Last updated **11 years ago** * Active installations **1,000+** * WordPress version ** 3.0 or higher ** * Tested up to **4.2.39** * Tags * [filter](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/filter/)[wpautop](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/wpautop/) * [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpautop-control/advanced/) ## Ratings 4.7 out of 5 stars. * [ 5 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wpautop-control/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 2 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wpautop-control/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wpautop-control/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wpautop-control/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wpautop-control/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wpautop-control/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wpautop-control/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ bigsmoke ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/bigsmoke/) ## Support Got something to say? Need help? [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wpautop-control/) ## Donate Would you like to support the advancement of this plugin? [ Donate to this plugin ](http://www.bigsmoke.us/donate/)