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Active installs
9k+
32 ratings
4.9
Last updated
6 years ago
Version
1.3.0
Tested up to
WP 5.7.20

About this plugin

Note: This plugin does not support the block editor but should continue to work without issue when using it with custom post types and the Classic Editor Plugin.

Before WordPress displays a post’s content, the content gets passed through multiple filters to ensure that it safely appears how you enter it within the editor.

One of these filters is wpautop, which replaces double line breaks with <p> tags, and single line breaks with <br /> tags. However, this filter sometimes causes issues when you are inputting a lot of HTML markup in the post editor.

This plugin displays a checkbox in the publish meta box of the post edit screen that disables the wpautop filter for that post.

Also adds a ‘wpautop’, or ‘no-wpautop’ class to the post_class filter to help with CSS styling.

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Analytics

Live from WordPress.org, refreshed daily. Last refresh Oct 17, 2026.

Top 5,000 on WordPress.org Plugin rankings
  • Downloads on a typical day are up 54% on the month before.
  • #5 by installs among 11 tracked plugins tagged "Formatting".
  • Passes 2 of 4 health checks below.
2/4

Health checks

What a careful site owner looks at before installing.

  • Actively maintained Last release 6 years ago
  • Tested with current WordPress Tested up to 5.7.20, 14 releases behind
  • Support questions answered Nothing open in the last two months
  • Well rated 4.9 stars from 32 ratings
Active installs
9,000+ WordPress.org rounds this down
This week
116 downloads −40% vs the week before
Last 30 days
721 downloads +54% on a typical day
All time
111k downloads On WordPress.org since 2013
Downloads per week Every update counts as a download on WordPress.org, so release weeks spike.
Latest week
116
Typical week
94
Peak
193 Week of Oct 3
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WeekDownloads
Week of Oct 10116
Week of Oct 3193
Week of Sep 26182
Week of Sep 19192
Week of Sep 12111
Week of Sep 578
Week of Aug 2992
Week of Aug 2291
Week of Aug 1593
Week of Aug 8103
Week of Aug 196
Week of Jul 2572
Week of Jul 1886
Week of Jul 1175
Week of Jul 457
Week of Jun 2748
Week of Jun 2053
Week of Jun 1383
Week of Jun 669
Week of May 3068
Week of May 2390
Week of May 1671
Week of May 977
Week of May 273
Week of Apr 25105
Week of Apr 1881
Week of Apr 1181
Week of Apr 4112
Week of Mar 2898
Week of Mar 2194
Week of Mar 14118
Week of Mar 7128
Week of Feb 28154
Week of Feb 2194
Week of Feb 14109
Week of Feb 7124
Week of Jan 31125
Week of Jan 2487
Week of Jan 17134
Week of Jan 10117
Week of Jan 384
Week of Dec 27, 202540
Week of Dec 20, 202540
Week of Dec 13, 202595
Week of Dec 6, 2025103
Week of Nov 29, 2025123
Week of Nov 22, 202576
Week of Nov 15, 2025141
Week of Nov 8, 2025123
Week of Nov 1, 2025113
Week of Oct 25, 202589
Week of Oct 18, 202599
Active installs over time Recorded by WPFolks every day since Oct 14, 2026.

Gathering install data

WordPress.org only publishes today's install count, so WPFolks records it every day. The chart appears here once there is enough history to draw.

Reviews

4.9 32 ratings on WordPress.org
  • 5 31
  • 4 0
  • 3 0
  • 2 0
  • 1 1

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