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How To Disable Automatic Formatting in the Visual Editor

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Are you looking for a way to disable automatic formatting in the visual editor? This snippet disables the automatic formatting in the visual editor if you would prefer to format the content yourself.

Instructions:

All you have to do is add this code to your theme’s functions.php file or in a site-specific plugin:

remove_filter('the_content', 'wptexturize');
remove_filter('the_excerpt', 'wptexturize');

Note: If this is your first time adding code snippets in WordPress, then please refer to our guide on how to properly copy / paste code snippets in WordPress, so you don’t accidentally break your site.

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  1. ….and? How do you disable it, if it’s easy????

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