Title: Enable wpautop for custom fields
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Enable wpautop for custom fields

 *  [matttail](https://wordpress.org/support/users/matttail/)
 * (@matttail)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/enable-wpautop-for-custom-fields/)
 * I would like to enable wpautop for custom fields. How can I do this?
 * I can’t use the ‘custom field template’ plug-in because it does not work with
   existing custom fields, only new ones – and I have too many entires to go back
   and edit.
 * Thanks in advance for your help.

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 *  Thread Starter [matttail](https://wordpress.org/support/users/matttail/)
 * (@matttail)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/enable-wpautop-for-custom-fields/#post-1424132)
 * I am a moderate to advanced user, don’t be afraid to give me a technical answer–
   I can figure it out.
 * Thanks again!
 *  Thread Starter [matttail](https://wordpress.org/support/users/matttail/)
 * (@matttail)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/enable-wpautop-for-custom-fields/#post-1424162)
 * any suggestions, please?

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [matttail](https://wordpress.org/support/users/matttail/)
 * Last activity: [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/enable-wpautop-for-custom-fields/#post-1424162)
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