Best line-break plugins for WordPress
The most popular line-break plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Automatic NBSP leads with 3K+ active installs, ahead of JSM Non-Breaking Space (nbsp) for French Content (1K+) and HPcode Responsive BR (fewer than 10). All 4 plugins tagged “line-break” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 4 line-break plugins
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Automatic NBSPThe most installed line-break plugin, with 3K+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 13 reviews, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.1.28.
- 2.
JSM Non-Breaking Space (nbsp) for French Content1K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 15 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 3.
HPcode Responsive BRFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 month ago.
- 4.
Ushiro-Pocke Simple Line BreakerFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 10 months ago.
All 4 plugins tagged “line-break”

Automatic NBSP
Down in the last 7 days:3#3,740by Damian Gora7 years ago
Automatically adds a non-breaking space ( ) in the content.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 4.2(13)
- Downloads
- 12/day

JSM Non-Breaking Space (nbsp) for French Content
Down in the last 7 days:23#5,685by JS Morisset10 days ago
Adds a non-breaking space between (nbsp) words and punctuation marks to avoid inappropriate line-breaks in French.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.6(15)
- Downloads
- 30/day

HPcode Responsive BR
Up in the last 7 days:5,039#55,708by はにわまん1 month ago
Show or hide a single line break per screen size, using the same breakpoints as the block editor's responsive states.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 2/day

Ushiro-Pocke Simple Line Breaker
Down in the last 7 days:16,380#70,407by ushiropocke0010 months ago
Tired of the struggle with "Shift+Enter" on mobile devices or tablets?
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day