Title: automatically added  p – bug still there in visual editor
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# automatically added p – bug still there in visual editor

 *  [W2014](https://wordpress.org/support/users/w2014/)
 * (@w2014)
 * [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/automatically-added-bug/)
 * Hallo, after i updated to the latest version, i get automatically added `<p>`
   around all paragraphs, when i switch from html to visual. if i deactivate “Keep
   paragraph tags” in the setting, i cannot see any br or p at all. So, how can 
   i keep activated “Keep paragraph tags” in the setting but stop tinymce adding`
   <p>` to the text (and still see/add the `<br>` tags) when i switch from html 
   to visual in the editor?
 * in the functions.php i have:
 *     ```
       function tinymce_remove_root_block_tag( $init ) {
           $init['forced_root_block'] = false;
           return $init;
       }
       add_filter( 'tiny_mce_before_init', 'tinymce_remove_root_block_tag' );
       ```
   
 * and
 *     ```
       remove_filter( 'the_content', 'wpautop' );
       remove_filter( 'the_excerpt', 'wpautop' );
       ```
   
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/tinymce-advanced/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tinymce-advanced/)

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 *  Thread Starter [W2014](https://wordpress.org/support/users/w2014/)
 * (@w2014)
 * [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/automatically-added-bug/#post-7344095)
 * Actually, the bug is new in the Version 4.3.10.1, the old Version behaved like
   it should. So i would not advice anyone to install the new Version. I have the
   old Version 4.3.10 on another site and everything is ok. So I downgraded to 4.3.10.
 *  Plugin Author [Andrew Ozz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/azaozz/)
 * (@azaozz)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/automatically-added-bug/#post-7344310)
 * This appears to be a changer in TinyMCE itself. In any case, setting `forced_root_block`
   to `false` triggers (many) other bugs in TinyMCE and is not recommended.
 * Not sure why you need to not have any `<p>` tags in your posts. That makes the
   text not wrap when the font is different or the screen is small and is something
   all sites try to avoid.
 *  Thread Starter [W2014](https://wordpress.org/support/users/w2014/)
 * (@w2014)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/automatically-added-bug/#post-7344311)
 * Hallo Andrew,
 * thankx for the reply,
 * the point is not that i don’t want p tags, but when i switch to visual, all the
   text is `<p>` – tagged, so i think, this is something that nobody wants. there
   are also some issues with p-tags in the browser. but anyway, you have also situations
   whre you don’t want the `p` tag…so that is the issue.
 *  Plugin Author [Andrew Ozz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/azaozz/)
 * (@azaozz)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/automatically-added-bug/#post-7344314)
 * > …when i switch to visual, all the text is <p> – tagged
 * You mean you can actually see the `<p>` in the Visual editor? Then in the Text
   editor they should appear as `&ltp&gt`. Think you can delete these, preferably
   from the Visual editor.
 *  Thread Starter [W2014](https://wordpress.org/support/users/w2014/)
 * (@w2014)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/automatically-added-bug/#post-7344318)
 * Hello, Andrew, i mean in the html/code editor i have:
 *     ```
       some text<br />
       some text
       ```
   
 * in the visual i should have:
    sometext sometext
 * when i switch to visual, i have:
    sometext
 * sometext
 * and in the html-mode/code editor i have:
 *     ```
       <p>some text</p><br />
       <p>some text</p>
       ```
   
 * that is a bug, the editor changes every simple text to paragraph.
 *  Plugin Author [Andrew Ozz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/azaozz/)
 * (@azaozz)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/automatically-added-bug/#post-7344319)
 * Testing with your example
 *     ```
       some text<br />
       some text
       ```
   
 * pasting it in the Text editor then switching to Visual and back.
 * If the “Keep paragraph tags” option is enabled I get
 *     ```
       <p>some text<br />
        some text</p>
       ```
   
 * If it is disabled I get
 *     ```
       some text
       some text
       ```
   
 * (no `<br />` or `<p>` tags as they are all stripped by wpautop).
 * So there must be something else that messes things up. Maybe there is another
   plugin that affects wpautop or maybe check your theme’s functions.php for more
   hacks?
 *  Thread Starter [W2014](https://wordpress.org/support/users/w2014/)
 * (@w2014)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/automatically-added-bug/#post-7344320)
 * exactly…sorry…that is what i get also…but that is not correct.
    If the “Keep 
   paragraph tags” option is enabled, the text should remain as it is, not adding
   <p></p> to it. Keep paragraph tags means, keep the tag -> **if there**, not add
   paragraph to the text. what must i do to keep the original tags? version 4.3.10
   makes this:
 *     ```
       some text<br />
       some text
       ```
   
 * version 4.3.10 works like expected. it “keeps” the tags, but it does not add 
   any.
 * version 4.3.10.1 makes this:
 *     ```
       <p>some text<br />
        some text</p>
       ```
   
 * the `<p>`-tag was added to the text.
    for me this is a huge bug. that can mess
   up all your layout.
 *  Plugin Author [Andrew Ozz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/azaozz/)
 * (@azaozz)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/automatically-added-bug/#post-7344327)
 * > Keep paragraph tags means, keep the tag if there, not add paragraph to the 
   > text.
 * Exactly. All the P tags you see are actually in the Visual editor. (If you don’t
   trust me, right-click on one and look in the browser console.) 🙂
 * This is how HTML works, and there is no difference in that respect between 4.3.10
   and 4.3.10.1.
 *  Thread Starter [W2014](https://wordpress.org/support/users/w2014/)
 * (@w2014)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/automatically-added-bug/#post-7344328)
 * Andrew, sorry, but i think you don’t understand what i mean.
    what i mean is:
 * in the version 4.3.10 you don’t have these tags. i’m not talking about tags i
   in the visual but in the html editor. so, when i write:
 *     ```
       some text<br />
       some text
       ```
   
 * and klick “Keep paragraph tags” i want everything to stay as it is. that is ok
   in the version 4.3.10. in the latest version, i write:
 *     ```
       some text<br />
       some text
       ```
   
 * and when i switch to the visual and then back, i have **in the html editor**:
 *     ```
       <p>some text<br />
        some text</p>
       ```
   
 * so, everything is paragraphed. i talk about the html/text editor, not about the
   visual. for me this is a huge bug, i can’t understand that nobody is disturbed
   about this. can this behaviour come from the functions.php? i don’t think so…
 *  Thread Starter [W2014](https://wordpress.org/support/users/w2014/)
 * (@w2014)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/automatically-added-bug/#post-7344329)
 * you have to install version 4.3.10, check “Keep paragraph tags” and write in 
   the html editor:
 *     ```
       some text
       some text
       ```
   
 * switch from html to visual and back to html:
 * it remains:
 *     ```
       some text
       some text
       ```
   
 * like it should. in 4.3.10.1, i make the same, the result in the html editor:
 *     ```
       <p>some text
       some text</p>
       ```
   
 * if i have this in a div, that messes up all my css.
 *  Plugin Author [Andrew Ozz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/azaozz/)
 * (@azaozz)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/automatically-added-bug/#post-7344338)
 * Ah, I think I (finally) understand. You are enabling “Keep paragraph tags” in
   this plugin (i.e. disabling wpautop() that removes them) and at the same time
   disabling paragraph tags in TinyMCE, so they are never created.
 * I think there was a change in TinyMCE about the `forced_root_block` option. Also
   see the warning here: [https://www.tinymce.com/docs/configure/content-filtering/#forced_root_block](https://www.tinymce.com/docs/configure/content-filtering/#forced_root_block)
   and the discussion here: [https://github.com/tinymce/tinymce/issues/2634](https://github.com/tinymce/tinymce/issues/2634).
 * This comes directly from TinyMCE itself, not in the TinyMCE Advanced plugin.
 *  Thread Starter [W2014](https://wordpress.org/support/users/w2014/)
 * (@w2014)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/automatically-added-bug/#post-7344341)
 * Hallo Andrew, i don’t know where this bug comes from, but how can i stop putting
   <p> around all text, that is really annoying?
    version 4.3.10 works normally.
   you mean, that they changed something in tinyMCE? why don’t you use the bug-free
   older version as a base until there is a new version? otherwise, this is also
   a TinyMCE Advanced bug.
 * i have now a clean functions.php, no wpautop, no force root…etc…the <p> bug is
   still there.
 *  Thread Starter [W2014](https://wordpress.org/support/users/w2014/)
 * (@w2014)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/automatically-added-bug/#post-7344342)
 * when i load the standard wp-editor, it does not add the p. so that is a bug in
   TMA.
 *  Plugin Author [Andrew Ozz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/azaozz/)
 * (@azaozz)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/automatically-added-bug/#post-7344351)
 * > …why don’t you use the bug-free older version as a base until there is a new
   > version?
 * The TinyMCE editor is included in WordPress. When you update WordPress most likely
   there is a new TinyMCE version included in the update too.
 * The TinyMCE Advanced plugin extends and enhances the default TinyMCE editor in
   WordPress.
 * The “hacks” you had in your theme’s functions.php were setting additional options
   for the TinyMCE editor in WordPress regardless of you using this plugin or not.
 * If you don’t want to see the `<p>` tags, disable the “Keep paragraph tags” option
   in TinyMCE Advanced. Note that this plugin neither adds or removes the `<p>` 
   tags, it only disables the WordPress script that removes them.
 *  Thread Starter [W2014](https://wordpress.org/support/users/w2014/)
 * (@w2014)
 * [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/automatically-added-bug/#post-7344367)
 * Hello Andrew, i still have this problem. Every Text that is not formatted will
   get a <p> Tag when i switch from text/html to visual and then back to html. How
   can i maintain the Text unformatted?
 * So i write in html: aaa
    Then switch to visual. The Back to html and i have <
   p>aaa</p>. that is crazy.
 * thanks, gabriel

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