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I want to be able to get post_content with line breaks. What is the best way to do it?

I previously use the_content() which was working fine until I needed to install a plugin that adds share buttons on each post.

Since then the output of my the_content includes texts from the share buttons.

I tried to use post_contents which contains the correct content I need to output on my template file but the problem is the line breaks were stripped off.

Is it possible to get post_content with line breaks preserved?

Thanks

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  • This is the wrong approach. If there's something wrong with a plugin, try to fix that, instead of leaving it be and work on some other things. Since the plugin injects content via a filter function, you just need to remove that function.
    – tfrommen
    Commented Mar 10, 2014 at 18:57
  • @tf Thanks for your comment. Is it possible to remove the function just to get the correct the_content but keep it working? The thing is, I have a single post page that is OK to have the plugin's like buttons. What I'd like to do is to offer a full screen view of the same post. This is where I do not need the share buttons. Other than the full screen view, I need the plugin to show the buttons. Thanks
    – Charles Wayne
    Commented Mar 10, 2014 at 19:08

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I believe this should work:

$getPost = get_the_content();
$postwithbreaks = wpautop( $getPost, true/false );
echo $postwithbreaks;

The second argument in wpautop can be up to you whether it's true of false, see the link below. It is described as follows:

(bool) (Optional) If set, this will convert all remaining line breaks after paragraphing. Line breaks within <script>, <style>, and <svg> tags are not affected.

Default value: true

Source: https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wpautop/

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  • thanks! It works. Sorry I cant vote up yet. Need more reputations
    – Charles Wayne
    Commented Mar 10, 2014 at 19:16
  • Thank you so much man . works like a charm.
    – Arman H
    Commented Apr 20, 2021 at 6:04

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