Title: Code blocks still inserting spaces
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Code blocks still inserting spaces

 *  [ColdForged](https://wordpress.org/support/users/coldforged/)
 * (@coldforged)
 * [21 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/code-blocks-still-inserting-spaces/)
 * Tried searching but no joy.
    Whenever I try to insert a code block, I still get
   some processing from _somewhere_. I’m trying to have a codeblock with the php
   preamble, like `<?php this_is_php(); ?>`. When I do this, WP inserts a space 
   between the < and the ?. I’m trying to get a beautifier working, but even just
   this seems impossible right now. How is adding that space? Textile is off.

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 *  Thread Starter [ColdForged](https://wordpress.org/support/users/coldforged/)
 * (@coldforged)
 * [21 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/code-blocks-still-inserting-spaces/#post-107083)
 * [Here](http://www.coldforged.org/archives/2002/11/06/this-is-a-code-block-test/)
   is an example.
 *  [matthias_k](https://wordpress.org/support/users/matthias_k/)
 * (@matthias_k)
 * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/code-blocks-still-inserting-spaces/#post-107363)
 * I am having the same problems, it’s really annoying; even using a code formatter
   plugin doesn’t help, WordPress won’t leave code alone even if it’s:
 * 1. embedded in code tags
    2. embedded in pre tags 3. embedded in code tags provided
   by a code-formatter plugin
 * Any solutions? ^^
 * Regards,
    Matthias

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 2 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [matthias_k](https://wordpress.org/support/users/matthias_k/)
 * Last activity: [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/code-blocks-still-inserting-spaces/#post-107363)
 * Status: not resolved

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