Title: Replace tags in posts?
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Replace tags in posts?

 *  [rander](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rander/)
 * (@rander)
 * [20 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/replace-tags-in-posts/)
 * Right, I’m trying to build my own template, and my my problem is this:
    If a 
   post contains a line-break, then the command `the_content(__('[read more...]'))`
   converts the line-breaks to . The problem is, that I need it to convert them 
   to `  to make my stylesheet do what I want it to… I’ve tried doing <?php str_replace("","
   </P><P>", (the_content(__('[read more...]')))); ?>, but it seems to do nothing
   at all… So, can this be done, without hacking the WordPress files?

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 *  Thread Starter [rander](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rander/)
 * (@rander)
 * [20 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/replace-tags-in-posts/#post-257803)
 * Okay, maybe I should elaborate on this…
    In my `style.css`, I have the following
   line: `.Post { TEXT-INDENT: 1em; }` My loop is then wrapped in a `<div class="
   Post">`. All this to indent the first line of each paragraph. Now, the problem
   is, that when i do `the_content(__('[read more...]'))`, It indents the first 
   line of the post **only**!. This is because the post gets formatted with a `<
   p>` at the beginning, a `</p>` at the end, and at the linebreaks, it inserts 
   a `<br />`. This is, at least in my head, wrong. It should replace the linebreaks
   with `</p><p>`, as this is more correct (in my head), and it gives some extra
   options for styling. I tried replacing the line with `<?php str_replace ("", "
   </p><p>", (the_content(__('[read more...]')))); ?>`, but that line seems to make
   no difference to the output at all! Now, can the `<br />` tag be replaced with
   the more correct `</p><p>` without hacking the WordPress files themselves? Could
   this possibly be an idea for a plugin?

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## Tags

 * [convert](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/convert/)
 * [tags](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/tags/)

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 * Last activity: [20 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/replace-tags-in-posts/#post-257803)
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