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From my Googling, it appears as though the default behavior in Wordpress is to add paragraphs automatically, but in the HTML view, regardless of what style I choose in the Visual Editor's style drop-down (paragraph, for example), paragraph tags never appear. I also do not see wpautop() called anywhere in my theme (which I inherited from a now departed developer).

What can I do to set this straight? Adding <p> tags to everything is obviously not going to fly with the content editors.

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Paragraph tags are added upon display, not upon storage. The wpautop() function is added as a filter to the_content.

You won't ever see these added paragraph tags in either the visual or HTML editors.

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  • Seems a bit silly no? Paragraphs are, well, paragraphs: why not wrap them in the appropriate markup?
    – gravyface
    Commented Jun 1, 2012 at 18:46
  • You're welcome to write a patch to change the behavior, but I doubt it would get implemented. :)
    – Chip Bennett
    Commented Jun 1, 2012 at 18:49
  • I'll live with it. Where abouts would I go to re-enable this? I just grep'ed through the theme directory for wpautop with no results.
    – gravyface
    Commented Jun 1, 2012 at 18:54
  • Re-enable what, exactly? wpautop() is added as a filter to the_content, in wp-includes/default-filters.php.
    – Chip Bennett
    Commented Jun 1, 2012 at 19:14
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    Odd, it's there (add_filter( 'the_content', 'wpautop' );), but when I create a new page, type a paragraph, add a line break (and highlight the text and choose "paragraph" from the styles, it looks great in the visual editor but when I publish it, there's no paragraph tags wrapping it; this is why I've been adding them manually in the HTML tab.
    – gravyface
    Commented Jun 1, 2012 at 19:37
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One solution is to install the TinyMCE Advanced plugin. In the plugin settings you have a option "Stop removing the <p> and <br /> tags when saving and show Them in the HTML editor".

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Make sure you are using the_content for calling the post content and not something like get_the_content. WordPress wpautop filter is applied on the_content.

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  • That no makes any difference in the visual editor. Read the question again.
    – cybmeta
    Commented Nov 21, 2014 at 10:54
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I just struggled with this same issue and was about to loose my mind because I tried everything mentioned above and other ideas. It turned out that the client was using a Yootheme, and there is a tick box in the settings of that particular theme, which when clicked solved the issue immediately. Here's a link to the forum post: https://yootheme.com/support/question/4342

In other words, it could be a theme related issue.

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nl2br() can be used to add the line breaks again when using the filtered HTML again

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The wpautop() filter changes the content view but not changes the view mode on the content editor.

Example: <?php the_content(); ?> displays the content normally. If you add remove_filter('the_content', 'wpautop'); the content is displayed without p tags.

In both cases, the content editor is displayed in the same manner

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    That’s what Chip said. What is the point of this answer?
    – fuxia ♦
    Commented Jan 4, 2013 at 18:04
  • It was supposed to be a comment, a supplement to the explanation made ​​by Chip Bennett.
    – Rafael Marques
    Commented Jan 24, 2013 at 2:52
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    If it was supposed to be a "comment," it should be a comment...
    – Dan
    Commented Jan 24, 2013 at 3:08

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