Title: WordPress Editor — *** SCREAM ***
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# WordPress Editor — *** SCREAM ***

 *  [Breigh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/breigh/)
 * (@breigh)
 * [19 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-editor-scream/)
 * Ok before I start, I must warn that I’m not -that- technically inclined.
 * I used to write my old website in notepad using HTML and am used to being able
   to make text generally look the way I want it.
 * I use another program to write my posts because the wordpress editor drives me
   nuts, but I can’t use that other program for pages.
 * When writing a page, WHY can I not put in a < p > or a < b r > without the editor
   changing it or just removing it all together? (I had to type them weird so they’d
   show).
 * For example, if I wanted to say something like this.
 * Hi
 * How are you?
 * Rather than:
 * Hi
    How are you?
 * (((( OH MY GOD, I just checked after entering this post and it does it in this
   editor too! I originally had like 3-4 lines between the HI and How are you in
   the first part, and the editor automatically cut it down to one. argh! ))))
 * The editor will NOT let me put those extra lines in between.
 * If I hit ‘enter’ in the editor it just removes it when I hit save, and when I
   go to the html editor and put the tags in, it removes them as well.
 * I have turned off the rich editor, and I have also turned off the correcting 
   of xhtml. Neither has made any difference.
 * I’ve been fighting with this for TWO DAYS just trying to put ONE extra line between
   some of my text. It’s insane…
 * Please help me before I lose my cotton pickin mind!!

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 *  [Christopher J. Hradil](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chradil/)
 * (@chradil)
 * [19 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-editor-scream/#post-430899)
 * use the HTML view in the editor, and add as many `<br /> or <p />` tags as you
   want for extra whitespace.
 *  [s](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sofimi/)
 * (@sofimi)
 * [19 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-editor-scream/#post-430972)
 * > The editor will NOT let me put those extra lines in between.
 * Actually, I think the editor lets me do that. I go to the end of the line of 
   the first line (in this case, “Hi”) and then hit DELETE. The next line (in this
   case, “How are you?”) should move up, just a linebreak away.
 * I agree with chradil’s suggestion, too, though. It seems that you are using `
   <br/>`‘s instead of ‘s mostly for cosmetic purposes. If you just want different
   paragraphs to stay together, it can be modified in CSS. 😉
 *  Thread Starter [Breigh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/breigh/)
 * (@breigh)
 * [19 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-editor-scream/#post-431003)
 * I’ve tried using the html editor to put in the those tags and it doesn’t work
   then either. When I click ‘update’ on the html editor it shows the change in 
   the window, but when I click save, it just removes it or something.
 * I don’t get it at all.
 *  [maerk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maerk/)
 * (@maerk)
 * [19 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-editor-scream/#post-431004)
 * The rich text editor is notorious for messing around with HTML. Just disable 
   it and use the plain text one instead, it’s simpler and you can add whatever 
   code you like.
 * To disable the RTE, go to your profile (the “My Account” link) and right at the
   bottom, uncheck the box.
 *  Thread Starter [Breigh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/breigh/)
 * (@breigh)
 * [19 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-editor-scream/#post-431023)
 * I’ve already done that though, and it’s still just doing whatever it wants. :/
 *  [brandon206](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brandon206/)
 * (@brandon206)
 * [19 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-editor-scream/#post-431032)
 * IMO the RT editor is terrible. I do all my pages in an HTML editor, then paste
   into WP, but the RTE would add all kinds of odd code, even when I pasted the 
   HTML code directly. It took me quite a while to figure out that I could disable
   the RTE feature.
 * Show us a link to your page.. I may be able to help.
 *  Thread Starter [Breigh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/breigh/)
 * (@breigh)
 * [19 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-editor-scream/#post-431033)
 * [http://www.breigh.com](http://www.breigh.com) is my page 🙂
 *  [iansdell](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iansdell/)
 * (@iansdell)
 * [19 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-editor-scream/#post-431072)
 * Try this …
 * In Presentation > Theme Editor > style.css, paste this:
 * .big-gap {
    margin-top:100px }
 * In your post, in HTML view, go to the paragraph above which you want extra space
   to appear.
 * After <p , paste *class=”big-gap”* (remove asterisks).
 * That should give you white space. Change the 100 to however many pixels you want.
 *  Thread Starter [Breigh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/breigh/)
 * (@breigh)
 * [19 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-editor-scream/#post-431079)
 * Hey thanks! I’ll try that!

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