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Automatic NBSP

Automatically adds a non-breaking space (&nbsp) in the content.

By Damian Gora·Nbsp·Free
4.2(13 reviews)
·3.0K+ active installs·Updated 6 years ago
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As of April 2026, Automatic NBSP is a WordPress nbsp plugin with 3.0K+ active installations and a 4.2/5 rating from 13 reviews. It has been downloaded 14K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2013. Last updated 6 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Downloads are up 11% this week. Top alternative: Empty Paragraph for TinyMCE Editor.

4.2/513 reviews
3.0K+active installs
14K+total downloads
13 yearssince 2013

Overview

Support typographic rules in Polish and Czech
Moves conjunctions, prepositions, etc. to the new line. ( sierotki )

Support punctuation marks in French
Adds a non-breaking space   before punctuation marks as ! ? ; % « »

How it works?
The plugin automatically adds HTML entity   ( non-breaking space ) after selected words or phrases. E.g. ‘Mr. Someone’ should be ‘Mr. Someone’. Works with:

  • posts
  • titles
  • pages
  • custom post types
  • comments
  • widgets
  • custom contents

You can create your own list of words/phrases or import our proposals.

Custom contents
You can use the function <?php auto_nbsp($content, $echo); ?> to add &nbsp; to the custom content. Use this in your code.
1. Param $content – (string) (required) Free text
2. Param $ec…

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Ratings & Reviews

4.213 reviews
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Recent Reviews

Breaks code blocks
by Radek Lat·4 years ago

I was hunting for a mysteriously broken code block formatting, where some line breaks were stripped away. It turned out this plug-in was the cause. Share it seems not longer maintained. I would love to continue to use it.

Good but could be better
by melebius·5 years ago

I installed this plugin mainly to auto-add non-breakable space after prepositions. This works well. I also appreciate the easy settings page of this plugin.

However, there are many things which could be done better:

  • The plugin page claims to cover Czech but I can only choose between Polish and English vocabulary in the settings.
  • There is no information on whether the plugin kicks in when saving a post or rendering it. I discovered it’s while rendering. This is good to fix older posts as well but it might make each rendering a bit slower.
  • A link to the plugin settings could be shown on the Plugins page.
  • The plugin only offers adding &nbsp; after the customizable vocabulary words and before preset punctuation marks. I’d be glad if both lists were customizable.
  • The plugin offers no way to automatically add &nbsp; in more complicated situations, e.g. after numbers, especially ordinal ones (the German or Czech way).
  • And last but not least, the plugin should be tested with the latest WordPress releases, although it’s doing well for me with WordPress 5.6.
  • This topic was modified 5 years ago by melebius. Reason: external links removed
Must have
by Cyrille Sanson·5 years ago

Hello,

While WordPress is at version 5, I don’t understand why it is still necessary to use a plugin to fix the problem of no break spaces before double height signs.

Fortunately Damian Gora developed Automatic NBSP and solved the problem.

Many thanks Damian for this great plugin, simple and efficient.

Easy and perfect
by kuldaoo·6 years ago

No bloatware, ads, no useless fields. Simple a usefull. GREAT. thank you

Doesn’t work. Fix it or remove it.
by jasonbear·7 years ago

It does not work on WordPress 4.9.8. The developer has not responded here in almost 2 years. Either fix this thing or remove it!

Download Trends

Today: 3Yesterday: 4This week: 30Period total: 1K

Compatibility

WordPress3.0+ requiredTested up to 5.1.22
PHPfalse+ required

Version Adoption

v1.5
100.0%

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

1.5.4, April 11, 2019

  • CHANGE: Nothing changed. Only version.
View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

Damian GóraDamian Góra
Plugin Info
Version
1.5.4
Last Updated
Apr 11, 2019
WP Requires
3.0+
Tested Up To
5.1.22
PHP Requires
false+
Active Installs
3.0K+
Downloads
14K+
Added
Aug 7, 2013
Business
Free

Tags

nbsppolishline-breaktypographynon-breaking space

Developer

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Damian Gora
1 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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