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Remove br Tag in Text Area WordPress Post

By A. Fatih Syuhud on August 4, 2010 in

How to remove <br /> line break tag automatically displayed inside a textarea code in a WordPress post. This tips apply to self-hosted WordPress blog only.  This problem occur in WordPress version 2.7 to 3.0

If you experience the same problem here is how to fix it

CONTENTS

  1. Install remove unwanted HTML from textarea tags Plugins
  2. How to Preserve Codes inside Textarea in WordPress Post


I. Install Remove <br /> tag from Textarea Plugins

  1. Download this free plugin called WordPress plugin to remove unwanted HTML from textarea tags
  2. Unzip it
  3. Upload the php file to wp plugins directory using Filezilla FTP Client.
  4. Activate it in WordPress admin. Done.

Note: Easy plugins installation cannot be done here because the plugins is not in zip file.


II. How to Post Codes inside Text Area
Everytime you want to post/write a code and want it to appear as is in a WordPress posts, post it in HTML mode.

  1. After login -> Posts -> Add New
  2. Click HTML -> write <textarea> your codes here </textarea> (do not click Visual)
  3. Publish. Done. See screenshot below:how to create textarea in wordpress post without br

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7 Responses

  1. David
    David August 4, 2010 at 8:17 am | Reply

    Unfortunately, I’m no longer on WordPress, mas Fatih, but I also did the same thing on my Blogger blog: removing the br tag.

  2. Ngeblog Dibayar
    Ngeblog Dibayar August 4, 2010 at 9:17 am | Reply

    another plugin? i think my disk space already full loaded now ;)

  3. Rock
    Rock August 4, 2010 at 11:32 am | Reply

    Coba dulu ahhh… :-)

  4. khaled
    khaled August 4, 2010 at 7:25 pm | Reply

    Thank you my brother .. your theme is beautiful, and also rare .. Regards

  5. Softaculous
    Softaculous August 6, 2010 at 8:42 am | Reply

    thanks for this tutorial

  6. FrontierVille Cheats
    FrontierVille Cheats August 7, 2010 at 3:12 am | Reply

    A simple tutorial but very useful :-)

  7. Moblox University
    Moblox University January 1, 2011 at 1:23 am | Reply

    Hm.. the tip #2 doesn’t work properly.. when you input the HTML code inside textarea tags you’ll find many unwanted white spaces appear..

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