How do I space paragraphs in WordPress?

Have you ever felt in a condition when you’re comfortable with your WordPress theme, but there is a minor thing that you want to change but you can’t? This article might be helpful for you if you want to customize the space between paragraphs. By default, the paragraph spacing is determined by the WordPress theme you use on your site. But, sometimes, the space between paragraphs is unsuitable for our site needs.

This tutorial will show you how easy to set space between paragraphs in WordPress.

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How to Set Space Between Paragraphs in WordPress

Option One (Elementor Site Settings)

Using Elementor to build your WordPress site, you must be familiar with the Site Settings feature. But if you’re new to Elementor, we will show you how to access it. Select any content (page/ post), then click the Edit with Elementor button to open the Elementor editor. Afterward, click the hamburger icon (☰) on the upper left corner of the Elementor settings panel and click on Site Settings.

How do I space paragraphs in WordPress?
How do I space paragraphs in WordPress?

Once you enter the Site Settings panel, navigate to Typography and click on it. On the Typography, you will see some settings; go to the Paragraph Spacing and set the value by sliding the toggle or entering numbers on the field.

Note: To see the changes in paragraph spacing as live, add some paragraphs to your Elementor editor using the Text Editor widget.

How do I space paragraphs in WordPress?
How do I space paragraphs in WordPress?

Once you’ve finished setting the paragraph spacing, apply the change by clicking the UPDATE button.

Option Two (Add the CSS on Theme Customizer)

First, before we start the tutorial for this option, please remove the paragraph spacing value if you’ve already applied the paragraph spacing on option one (Elementor Site Settings). Because if you don’t remove it, this method (Option two) can’t work correctly.

How do I space paragraphs in WordPress?
How do I space paragraphs in WordPress?

Alright, now we move to the second option. Unlike the first option, this option doesn’t need any plugins. We will add the simple CSS snippet into the Additional CSS field. There are two ways to access the Additional CSS.

  1. WordPress Dashboard -> Appearance -> Customize -> Additional CSS
  2. Preview your content (page/post) -> Customize -> Additional CSS

Once you enter the Additional CSS, please copy the simple CSS snippet below and paste it into the Additional CSS field.

p 
{margin: 10px 5px 25px 5px
}

How do I space paragraphs in WordPress?
How do I space paragraphs in WordPress?
The margin is set to all four sides of 20 pixels.

The CSS snippet we give you above is a set margin for all four sides (top, right, bottom, left). But if you want to set the margin differently for each side, you can use the CSS snippet below:

How do I space paragraphs in WordPress?
How do I space paragraphs in WordPress?
The margin property has four values

How do I space paragraphs in WordPress?
How do I space paragraphs in WordPress?

Once you finish adding the CSS snippet, apply it by clicking the PUBLISH button.

The Bottom Line

This tutorial shows you how to set space between paragraphs in WordPress using two methods. As we already know, writing on a website differs from writing papers, letters, or books we learned at school. We don’t have to stick to the formal things on the website, including paragraph spacing. Feel free to play around with paragraph spacing values based on your site needs.

In case of double line spacing, you don’t have to do anything rather than pressing ‘Enter’ key. For single line spacing, you’ll have to press both Shift and Enter keys at a time.

If you’re still wondering how to do it, let’s dive into the tutorial.

How To Add & Change Line Spacing In WordPress

Before starting it’s important to know that amount of line spacing is controlled by the WordPress theme you are using. Here I’ll show how to add double and single line spacing.

Adding Double Line Space (Default)

When you press the ‘Enter or return (Mac)’ key on your keyboard, WordPress automatically adds a double space and starts a new paragraph.

So simply press ‘Enter or return (Mac)’ whenever you need a double line space.

How do I space paragraphs in WordPress?

It’s simple. We do it everytime to start a new paragraph.


Adding Single Line Space

Now if you want to reduce the line spacing to make it a single space, you need to press ‘Shift + Enter/return‘ on your keyboard.

How do I space paragraphs in WordPress?

That’s it. You’ll have single line space.


Adding Extra Space

If you want to have a bigger space, you can use the Spacer block.

Let’s say you want to add a bigger space between two paragraphs. To do that, simply click on the + sign between the blocks and search for ‘Spacer’ and click on it.

How do I space paragraphs in WordPress?

It will add a 100px space. You can adjust (increase or decrease) the space height by dragging or from the right-hand side options panel.

How do I space paragraphs in WordPress?

That’s how easy it is.


Adding Line Space With A Separator

If you want to add a line space with a separator, you need to use a plugin. You can use the Ultimate Blocks plugin that comes with a Divider block.

After installing and activating the plugin, go to the post where you want to add it. Then click on the + sign and search for Divider and click on it.

How do I space paragraphs in WordPress?

A divider will be added like this –

How do I space paragraphs in WordPress?

You can change the height of the divider from the right-hand side options panel.

How do I space paragraphs in WordPress?

That’s it.


Final Words

I hope this post helped you to add single/double line spacing in WordPress.

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How do I fix paragraph spacing in WordPress?

To insert a single line space in WordPress, click on Shift+Enter after the end of any line. Double Space: By default, the WordPress visual editor will provide you with a double space line every time you hit the “Enter” button.

How do you create paragraphs in WordPress?

To add a new paragraph in the content editor, you simply need to press the Enter key. WordPress will add a new paragraph with double line spacing. However if you only want a single line break, then you need to press Shift + Enter keys together.

How do you put a space between paragraphs?

Change spacing between paragraphs.
Select the paragraphs you want to change..
Click the Page Layout tab, and under Spacing, in the Before and After boxes, click the up or down arrows to adjust the distance before or after each paragraph:.

How do I add a space between sections in WordPress?

To remove or add blank space between your blocks, simply click the 'Spacings' option and then scroll down to the 'Margin-Bottom' section. Here you can move the slider up or down to add or remove blank space. Any changes you make will automatically show up on your page.