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  • Is there a plugin that fixes the bizarre line breaks on posts imported from Typepad?

    WP has put in line breaks mid-sentence, mid-paragraph all the way through most of the posts. Typepad uses the <p></p> code for paragraph breaks but I cannot see any code that is causing the line breaks in WP on the HTML/Text tab. If there was code there I could just do a find and replace to remove all the breaks.

    I do not want to have to go line by line to delete the invisible break WP has put in. I have well over 150 posts!!

    I have searched in the forum and the plugins but must not be using the right search terms.

    Examples of what I am talking about:
    http://www.dancingupsidedown.com/madoffponderings1/
    http://www.dancingupsidedown.com/roasted-parsnip-soup/ (See the funny line breaks in the instruction sections – the lists are working fine.)

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  • Those DO have <br> tags in the text — look at the HTML using View Source in your browser.

    To a large extent I think I can imagine Madoff’s roll in
    <br>
    this in the beginning.
    <span> </span>
    The desire to be
    <br>
    seen as important, successful, beneficent, etc.
    <span> </span>

    As you can see there are also some extraneous span tags in there.

    Thread Starter IslandOwl

    (@islandowl)

    What would be the easiest way to edit the post content to remove the breaks and span code? WP does not show the <br>. And of course on View Source I cannot edit.

    I know how to edit lines in my theme but not sure how to pull out the content of a post for easy search and replace.

    Thread Starter IslandOwl

    (@islandowl)

    Okay, I have found if I use a text editor and replace the break code and the line space, I think it seems to be working. I am going to cross my fingers and go one by one through almost 100 posts.

    If anyone knows of a quicker way to do this, I would love to hear about it!

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