remove_filter( 'the_content', 'wpautop' ); only for certain post types

Question

I want to try and remove automatic p tag and br tag addition for my custom post type.

It looks like

remove_filter( 'the_content', 'wpautop' );

will do this, but how would I make the change only for my chosen post type I've tried writing a function for this, but it doesnt seem to work:

function remove_tags() {
    global $post_type;

    if ('client' == $post_type) {
        remove_filter( 'the_content', 'wpautop' );
    }
}

Answer 1

remove_filter('the_content','wpautop');

//decide when you want to apply the auto paragraph

add_filter('the_content','my_custom_formatting');

function my_custom_formatting($content){
if(get_post_type()=='my_custom_post') //if it does not work, you may want to pass the current post object to get_post_type
    return $content;//no autop
else
 return wpautop($content);
}

found this code on stackoverflow - looks to do the trick.

Answer 2

Hook into the_content before the wpautop filter has been called, check the post type, and remove the wpautop filter, which is added in wp-includes/default-filters.php with the default priority 10:

add_filter( 'the_content', 'wpse_82860_remove_autop_for_posttype', 0 );

function wpse_82860_remove_autop_for_posttype( $content )
{
    # edit the post type here
    'post' === get_post_type() && remove_filter( 'the_content', 'wpautop' );
    return $content;
}