I do not like the Block editor. I can’t seem to get it to do what I want. I much prefer the classic editor, but it can also be infuriating.
I know a little html so I constantly switch to html to do things that the visual editor can’t do – like put in Horizontal line.
Also WordPress SOMETIMES insists on adding <p> and </p> paragraph code , and sometimes not.
And SOMETIMES it removes the very useful and necessary <br clear=”all” /> code and sometimes it doesn’t
I think I have found the solution if you don’t want the paragraph code and the full break to work.
When starting a new page begin in the Code window. This is crucial. If you have got a page which you started in Visual mode, you can’t fix it (or at least I could not find a way).
Just type something in, say “Hello” then switch to the Visual editor and back again and there are not paragraph marks. Try it starting the the Visual editor and try to get rid of the paragraph code in the html.
NOW I have no idea how the pages still format correctly without this HTML code, but I do know that the
<br clear=”all” />
will not be removed and I can format my pages how I like.