Title: WP Adding <p> automatically?
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# WP Adding <p> automatically?

 *  [willaugust](https://wordpress.org/support/users/willaugust/)
 * (@willaugust)
 * [17 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-adding-ltpgt-automatically/)
 * Hey, having a bit of trouble with my <p> styles.
 * `<p class="newscontent"><?php the_content('more_link_text', strip_teaser, 'more_file');?
   ></p>`
 * But in the browser it shows:
 *     ```
       <p class="newscontent">
       <p>The Content</p>
       </p>
       ```
   
 * So basically it is adding <p> tags which are over-riding my <p class=”newscontent”
   >. How do i stop this from happening?
 * Thanks
    -Will

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 *  [Saurus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/saurus/)
 * (@saurus)
 * [17 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-adding-ltpgt-automatically/#post-1000112)
 * Which editor are you using? Are you pasting content from another writer? Why 
   are you styling content from your php file? Content should be styled from your
   styles.css.
 *  Thread Starter [willaugust](https://wordpress.org/support/users/willaugust/)
 * (@willaugust)
 * [17 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-adding-ltpgt-automatically/#post-1000125)
 * I’m using Dreamweaver cs3, no i’m not pasting content, i made the theme myself
   and am using the wordpress php.
    It is styled from style.css, the stylesheet 
   is linked to it.
 *  Thread Starter [willaugust](https://wordpress.org/support/users/willaugust/)
 * (@willaugust)
 * [17 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-adding-ltpgt-automatically/#post-1000320)
 * Bump
 *  [trulyandy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/trulyandy/)
 * (@trulyandy)
 * [17 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-adding-ltpgt-automatically/#post-1000330)
 * I noticed WordPress was also adding some </p> tags into my code automatically.
 * I searched the forums for any possible solution but found nothing.
 * I am also interested in why this is happening and how to prevent it.
 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [17 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-adding-ltpgt-automatically/#post-1000334)
 * IIRC that feature is by design.
 * When you enter in your content, WP wraps `<p>` tags around each paragraph. Change
   your `<p class="newscontent">` to `<div class="newscontent">` instead and then
   make a CSS for paragraphs in that class.
 *  [zrenneh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zrenneh/)
 * (@zrenneh)
 * [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-adding-ltpgt-automatically/#post-1000517)
 * **Use plugin ‘PS Disable Auto Formatting’ to disable auto-insertion of <p> tags.**
 * The function the_content() adds the <p> tags automatically to paragraphs and 
   strips out </br> tags.
    This feature is by design, but it can be very annoying
   e.g. if you want a straightforward way to have images wider than the text-block.
   Then you’d want to put your own <p> tags in, not around the images.
 * Alternatively you can use get_post() to code your own post inserter, but this
   is pretty tricky!
 *  [trusktr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/trusktr/)
 * (@trusktr)
 * [16 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-adding-ltpgt-automatically/#post-1000529)
 * where can you edit the function the_content() so you can stop it from adding 
   <p> tags?

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [trusktr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/trusktr/)
 * Last activity: [16 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-adding-ltpgt-automatically/#post-1000529)
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