Title: Lost BR Functionality
Last modified: August 18, 2016
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# Lost BR Functionality
* Resolved [katgirl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/katgirl/)
* (@katgirl)
* [19 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-br-functionality/)
* For some reason, which I simply cannot explain, I seemed to have lost the ability
to use `
` within my posts.
* wp version 2.0.4 is converting all my br tags into empty p tags, which is throwing
my validation completely out of wack.
* Can someone please offer some troubleshooting tips? I’m not running rich text
editor. And the only plugins I’ve installed prior to tonight is Corrector, which
I deactivated to troubleshoot and the problem still persists.
* I installed other plugins tonight, but they are not responsible for the stripping
of br tags, as this was occuring last week. Tonight its really irritating me.
* And no, I do not copy and paste from MS word. I use a txt file to copy and paste
information into my editor.
* Any help would be appreciated.
* Thanks
Kate
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* [phuckd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/phuckd/)
* (@phuckd)
* [19 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-br-functionality/#post-463716)
* Have you changed your theme or css recently?
Have you un-checked “WordPress
should correct invalidly nested XHTML automatically” in Options > Writing?
* Also, test out a post using the tag and see if that keeps the
functionality
* Thread Starter [katgirl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/katgirl/)
* (@katgirl)
* [19 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-br-functionality/#post-463730)
* Hi phuckd,
* Thanks for helping me out.
* I am the controlling Admin for my blog, but I never post under that name. I established
my own new user name and gave it the highest ranking, which is editor. I cannot
turn off rich text editor from the user panel but…
* When I first installed WP I turned off _ WordPress should correct invalidly nested
XHTML automatically_ in Options>> Writing and its been that way for months.
* To answer your queries…
* No. No change to theme but yes to css, but I cannot understand how changing my
css will delete BR and replace with P. That doesn’t make sense when CSS is styling,
and not outputing of HTML.
* I used my pre and code tonight, and I just did as you suggested inserted BR within
PRE and it was stripped clean and empty P’s inserted.
* I posted under Admin, to see if I lost the BR functionality there, and yep, I’ve
lost it. It’s a bit mind-boggling to be sure.
* I guess the next step is to deactivate ALL plugins and troubleshoot from there.
* K
* Thread Starter [katgirl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/katgirl/)
* (@katgirl)
* [19 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-br-functionality/#post-463733)
* Okay – I deactivated ALL plugins, with the exception of Spam Karma and BB and
Askimet and did a hard refresh.
* My BR tags are still being stripped from my posts and replaced with empty P tags.
* Does anyone know why this is occuring? I’ve never used the RTE and I don’t intend
to.
* Any help would be greatly received.
* Thank you.
* [phuckd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/phuckd/)
* (@phuckd)
* [19 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-br-functionality/#post-463742)
* >>>It’s a bit mind-boggling to be sure
agreed
* can you check with your host if they have upgraded your php or if they have applied
any new patches recently – eg the hardened patch – this does strip some tags
in both rich & plain text editors as a security measure
* Thread Starter [katgirl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/katgirl/)
* (@katgirl)
* [19 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-br-functionality/#post-463744)
* cool. will fire off an email to see if they’ve been muddling around.
* Thanks heaps phuckd for your help. I am grateful.
* Thread Starter [katgirl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/katgirl/)
* (@katgirl)
* [19 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-br-functionality/#post-463994)
* Update: I have received an email from my hosting company advising that there’s
been no recent changes server side.
* So I’m now throwing this open to the Moderators. Can someone, please, please,
tell me why my BR tags are being stripped from my posts and empty P tags inserted?
* Surely someone – Moshu? HandySolo? Kaf? V? Spencerp? MichaelH? – out there has
an answer?
* Thread Starter [katgirl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/katgirl/)
* (@katgirl)
* [19 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-br-functionality/#post-464026)
* Resolution:
* I read in another thread, which was started AFTER MINE but gained _more attention_(
I saw your footprints there, Spencerp 🙂 ) because it was NEW [soooo not impressed],
where another member was also having problems with BR tag being stripped from
his posts and P tags inserted.
* It was suggested in that thread [grrrr] that commenting out ‘the_content’ ‘wpautop’
in the default filters will tackle the issue.
* So, for the invisible person who is reading this [Hi, neighbour], you can trace
the resolution here.
* It worked for me.
* [wordpress.org/support/topic/90218?replies=11#post-457434](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/90218?replies=11#post-457434)
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* Last activity: [19 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-br-functionality/#post-464026)
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