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Post Typographer

Adds non-breaking spaces, `` tags, common spaces, tags and dashes where needed. Works with English texts only.

By enivid·Post·Free
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·10 active installs·Updated 8 years ago
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As of April 2026, Post Typographer is a WordPress post plugin with 10 active installations and a 0/5 rating0. It has been downloaded 4.3K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 2.5+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2009. Last updated 8 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Header and Footer Scripts.

0/5Rating
10active installs
4.3K+total downloads
17 yearssince 2009

Overview

When you publish a post or update an already published post, this plugin will format the post’s content to certain typographic rules:

  1. All hyphens between two words (surrounded by spaces) will be transformed to m-dashes with the non-breaking spaces ahead of them.

  2. All hyphens between digits (without spaces) will be transformed to n-dashes. But it tries to preserve phone numbers.

  3. All spaces following these words will be replaced with the non-breaking spaces:

    • at
    • or
    • and
    • the
    • a
    • an
    • in
    • on
    • of
    • for
    • to
    • as
    • i
    • or
    • my
  4. Double and more spaces are replaced with the single ones.

  5. All misplaced spaces near dots, colons, semicolons, exclamation marks and question marks are fixed, where possible.

  6. Composed words with hyphens in them (e.g. easy-to-use) will be wrapped in <nobr></nobr>…

Read full description on WordPress.org

Ratings & Reviews

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Compatibility

WordPress2.5+ requiredTested up to 4.9.29
PHPfalse+ required

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

12

  • Fixed: Will no longer mess with the contents of the [pmath] shortcodes.
View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

enividenivid
Plugin Info
Version
12
Last Updated
Dec 5, 2017
WP Requires
2.5+
Tested Up To
4.9.29
PHP Requires
false+
Active Installs
10
Downloads
4.3K+
Added
Jul 29, 2009
Business
Free

Tags

postpostsformattingtypography

Developer

E
enivid
1 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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