Title: [Plugin: Remove Double Space] Will the Plugin Work Retroactively?
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# [Plugin: Remove Double Space] Will the Plugin Work Retroactively?

 *  Resolved [8bitkid](https://wordpress.org/support/users/8bitkid/)
 * (@8bitkid)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-remove-double-space-will-the-plugin-work-retroactively/)
 * i have activated this plugin, and was curious if it will strip double-spaces 
   following periods from existing posts, or only do so for those written after 
   the plugin is activated?
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/remove-double-space/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/remove-double-space/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Josh Eaton](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jjeaton/)
 * (@jjeaton)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-remove-double-space-will-the-plugin-work-retroactively/#post-1892032)
 * The plugin will collapse double spaces for any post regardless of when it was
   published. It only operates when the post is displayed, so the posts are still
   saved into the WP database as they were written (double spaces and all). This
   could be handy if you want the post to remain unchanged, but still only have 
   one space displayed on the front end.
 * I originally tried testing having it run prior to saving to the database, but
   it ended up messing with the posts and I wasn’t able to fix it. Maybe in a future
   release…
 *  Thread Starter [8bitkid](https://wordpress.org/support/users/8bitkid/)
 * (@8bitkid)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-remove-double-space-will-the-plugin-work-retroactively/#post-1892033)
 * thanks for the clarification and great plugin. it is working perfectly and as
   expected.

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 * Last reply from: [8bitkid](https://wordpress.org/support/users/8bitkid/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-remove-double-space-will-the-plugin-work-retroactively/#post-1892033)
 * Status: resolved