p tag in mail since 5.7.7, despite WPCF7_AUTOP, false

After much digging, I realized that this issue has been around since 5.7 and though best to update here… for the next people

From original poster icodina?

Solution for the form:

wp_config.php: define('WPCF7_AUTOP',false);
functions.php: add_filter('wpcf7_autop_or_not','__return_false');

Provisional solution for the HTML mail:
in /wp-content/plugins/contact-form-7/includes/mail.php

$html = $header.wpcf7_autop($body).$footer;
CHANGE TO
$html = $header.$body.$footer;

Hey!

My issue was that I did not want it to affect the HTML body of the sent emails and it was doing it in 5.8.

It seems like your issue has been fixed in 5.8 but I had no idea it was intended to also affect the HTML body since it didn’t in 5.7.7.

My solution to NOT affect the HTML body without changing the plugin itself. I am using the filter conditionally in functions.php.

function disable_wpcf7_autop_for_display() {
    // Only add the filter if we're not in the middle of sending the mail
    if (!doing_action('wpcf7_before_send_mail')) {
        add_filter('wpcf7_autop_or_not', '__return_false'); //Remove p and br tags in forms
    }
}
add_action('template_redirect', 'disable_wpcf7_autop_for_display');

I wasn’t sure how this will behave with concurrent users and I have tested it to a degree and it seems to not interfere with or be affected by concurrent users.

• This reply was modified 1 year, 3 months ago by axellerater.