Title: Single language post issues
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Single language post issues

 *  Resolved [Simon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sdellenb/)
 * (@sdellenb)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/single-language-post-issues/)
 * Hi,
 * First, thank you very much for continuing the qTranslate development and support!
 * While our blog has many multi-language posts (German & English), we only write
   in German nowadays. I’ve set the option to show the notification that the text
   is only ‘available in Deutsch’ and also show the German text below it. This works
   pretty well when visitors with English browser settings come to the page.
 * However, I have the issue that whenever I edit a post (German), it keeps adding
   an empty paragraph (`<p></p>`) to the English portion, which will result in an
   blank post below the ‘(Deutsch) Title)’ for English visitors.
 * The only way to fix it is switching to the English tab in the editor, delete 
   the empty paragraphs, switch back to German and then save it. This has to be 
   done every time the article is updated (I usually do it right after it’s published).
 * Is this a bug or do I need to set a special setting to prevent the adding of 
   empty paragraphs in the unused language tab?
 * Thanks in advance!
    Simon
 * Versions:
    Wordpress 4.2.2 qTranslate X 3.3
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/qtranslate-x/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/qtranslate-x/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Gunu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/grafcom/)
 * (@grafcom)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/single-language-post-issues/#post-6208238)
 * [@simon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/simon/)
 * Try the latest Beta version of qTranslate-x [Download it here](https://github.com/qTranslate-Team/qtranslate-x/archive/master.zip)
 * See if that makes a difference.
 * > Do not use install via WordPress admin!
   >  First unzip the new file. Deactivate
   > the existing version of qTranslate in WordPress admin. Then **with FTP delete
   > all files in the existing qtranslate-x folder **and after that copy all new
   > files in it. Activate qTranslate-x again via WordPress admin.
 *  Thread Starter [Simon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sdellenb/)
 * (@sdellenb)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/single-language-post-issues/#post-6208431)
 * Thanks for your response, Gunu.
 * Unfortunately, I have the same behavior with **beta 3.3.8**: Whenever I save 
   an article again, the (empty) English version gets empty paragraphs (copied from
   the text editor).
 *     ```
       <p> </p>
       <p> </p>
       ```
   
 * Steps I just tried:
    1. Open single-language post in editor & save without changing anything – adds 
       empty p to English
    2. Switch to English tab and remove the above paragraphs
    3. Switch back to German tab & save (everything is well here)
    4. Click save button again with out doing anything – creates a new revision and
       adds the two empty paragraphs to the English version
 * I think WordPress might also be adding paragraphs, but I can’t seem to find the
   setting for that..
 * **Update:** I found the culprit: It’s _TinyMCE Advanced_‘s option
 * > `Stop removing the <p> and <br /> tags when saving and show them in the Text
   > editor`
 * When I uncheck that option, the empty English part will stay empty.

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 * Last reply from: [Simon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sdellenb/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/single-language-post-issues/#post-6208431)
 * Status: resolved