Remove Empty Paragraphs From Content
Cleans up the empty paragraphs and stray line breaks left behind by pasted text, old page builders and shortcodes, so spacing stays even.
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Code
add_filter( 'the_content', function ( $content ) {
$result = preg_replace( '/<p(?:\s[^>]*)?>(?:\s| | |<br\s*\/?>)*<\/p>/i', '', $content );
return null === $result ? $content : $result;
}, 20 );How to add this snippet
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