Title: Vertical spacing
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Vertical spacing

 *  Resolved [meadwench](https://wordpress.org/support/users/meadwench/)
 * (@meadwench)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/vertical-spacing/)
 * I am working on a very long ordered list, and it needs to have a vertical blank
   space (what used to be a 
   ) after each section. I have tried manually entering
   a  in code, and doing a shift-enter in visual mode. Each time it adds them, them
   strips them out when the page is saved.
 * After 3 times, this is getting pretty frustrating. How can I add a vertical space
   and have it *stay* where I put it?
 * Thanks!
 * Vicky
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-edit/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-edit/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Josh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/josh401/)
 * (@josh401)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/vertical-spacing/#post-5582870)
 * Hello Vicky,
    Sorry for my delay.
 * Can you please show me the code you are trying to use (before getting striped
   out by the editor)?
 * Please be sure to use the backtick button (the ~ key without shift button) to
   wrap your html code.
 *  Thread Starter [meadwench](https://wordpress.org/support/users/meadwench/)
 * (@meadwench)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/vertical-spacing/#post-5582871)
 * Hi Josh,
 * No worries, thanks for getting back to me. I was putting a line break `<br>` 
   after each line to add space. I didn’t know about the backtick button. I wasn’t
   trying to wrap, but to add a space.
 * The code would be like this:
 *     ```
       <ol>
       <li>text<br>
       <li>text<br>
       ```
   
 * and so on. And it keeps getting stripped. I have got wpedit pro (just bought 
   it) and was going to see if that will let me keep the spacing in there.
 * What do I need to do to keep WP from taking out the stuff I want to keep in?
 * Thanks!!
 * Vicky
 *  Plugin Author [Josh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/josh401/)
 * (@josh401)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/vertical-spacing/#post-5582873)
 * If you have Pro, then you can enable the break shortcode (posts/pages tab). Then,
   you can insert `[break]` instead of `<br>`.
 * Alternatively, you can use `<br class="none" />` instead of `<br />`, which should
   also be retained by the editor.
 * Lastly, just fyi, use `<br />` instead of `<br>` (when not in WP, of course).
   It’s better html 🙂
 *  Plugin Author [Josh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/josh401/)
 * (@josh401)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/vertical-spacing/#post-5582953)
 * Just checking back to see how this worked for you.
 *  Thread Starter [meadwench](https://wordpress.org/support/users/meadwench/)
 * (@meadwench)
 * [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/vertical-spacing/#post-5582994)
 * Yeah, I got the pro version and all is well now. Thanks for checking in!! Sorry,
   the project is eating my life, and email is suffering.
 *  Plugin Author [Josh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/josh401/)
 * (@josh401)
 * [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/vertical-spacing/#post-5582995)
 * Heeyyy… glad you made it back 🙂
 * Thank you for your kind support.
 * Please let me know if I may be of any further assistance.
 *  Thread Starter [meadwench](https://wordpress.org/support/users/meadwench/)
 * (@meadwench)
 * [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/vertical-spacing/#post-5582996)
 * You have no idea how ridiculous this project has been. When it is done, never
   again with this client, LOL. Please go ahead and mark this resolved, and thanks
   for the help.
 * Vicky

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