Title: Spacing Issue
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# Spacing Issue

 *  Resolved [timjennings](https://wordpress.org/support/users/timjennings/)
 * (@timjennings)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spacing-issue-10/)
 * Im having some spacing issues and I cannot seem to get it resolved. I like the
   way there is some extra padding on 90% of my accordions but in 1 section there
   are 5 that are really close together. Any ideas? Where I am wanting more space
   is under “Trip Preparation” [http://leadthecause.org/faq/](http://leadthecause.org/faq/)
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/accordion-shortcodes/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/accordion-shortcodes/)

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 *  Plugin Author [philbuchanan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/philbuchanan/)
 * (@philbuchanan)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spacing-issue-10/#post-7137071)
 * WordPress often adds empty paragraphs and line breaks around shortcodes. You 
   can fix that by adding this to your `functions.php` file:
 *     ```
       /**
        * Fixes empty <p> and <br> tags showing before and after shortcodes in the
        * output content.
        */
       function pb_the_content_shortcode_fix($content) {
           $array = array(
               '<p>['    => '[',
               ']</p>'   => ']',
               ']<br />' => ']',
               ']<br>'   => ']'
           );
   
           return strtr($content, $array);
       }
       add_filter('the_content', 'pb_the_content_shortcode_fix');
       ```
   
 * Once you have added that, you can use CSS to achieve the actual amount of spacing
   you want between accordion items. For example:
 *     ```
       .accordion-content {
           margin-bottom: 10px;
       }
       ```
   
 *  [Julie Kuehl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/juliekuehl/)
 * (@juliekuehl)
 * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spacing-issue-10/#post-7137248)
 * I know I didn’t ask the question, but this worked perfectly for me. Thank you!

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 * Last reply from: [Julie Kuehl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/juliekuehl/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spacing-issue-10/#post-7137248)
 * Status: resolved