So I put in this donation form on a page and WordPress reformats it.  A <br /> tag was inserted between a dollar sign ($) and the input field tag for the amount so the $ appears above the box on the published page.

A Google search brought me to this post which suggests a way to disable all the auto-formatting for a page or post.  That’s a little extreme for me because that would require me to reformat the whole site or a little coding on my part to say I just wanted auto-formatting turned off for that particular page.

I wanted something simpler and found it with the WP-No-Format plugin. By using a couple lines of code, I can shield select parts of my text from auto-formatting by placing <!– noformat on –-> and <!– noformat off –-> around the code I want to protect.

I love the plug-ins that do one thing and do them well.

If you like the WP-No-Format plugin, why not send the author a donation? Great work like this that saves us time should be rewarded.