How to get words to wrap not hyphenate

  • I’m using Twenty Thirteen and I’d like words in the text of posts and pages to wrap, not hyphenate.

    I’ve read that hyphenation is the default for this theme but can I over-ride that? If possible without paying for the upgrade as I don’t want to spend more money on my blog at the moment.

    I found this thread and tried inserting the code but it made no difference. I don’t know anything about code so maybe I wasn’t doing it correctly:

    https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-to-make-words-wrap-not-hyphenate?replies=17

    I appreciate any help (my site is still private as it’s not quite finished yet).

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  • Moderator Jose Castaneda

    (@jcastaneda)

    THEME COFFEE MONKEY

    I think you have the wrong forum. You want the WordPress.com forums. Unfortunately not much you can do without having to pay for the custom CSS other than switching themes.

    Thread Starter Petra737

    (@petra737)

    Thanks for your reply Jose and sorry for not being clearer.

    My website is www.ads-software.com

    (I tried out what was suggested in the .com support because it was the only information I could find.)

    So, can somebody clarify if I can change the code in .org to solve this problem? Or do I absolutely have to buy the custom CSS if I want to keep the same theme?

    If I can change the code please tell me how to do this.

    Thank you again.

    Moderator Jose Castaneda

    (@jcastaneda)

    THEME COFFEE MONKEY

    If it is a self-hosted site then you can achieve it by using a custom CSS plugin. I think you have it confused because on WordPress.com there is an option for the custom CSS upgrade. They are not related to self-hosted WordPress installs. They are different.

    Can you post your site address please?

    Thread Starter Petra737

    (@petra737)

    Yes, it’s a .org self hosted site.

    I have installed the Simple Custom CSS plugin but as I don’t know anything about coding I don’t know what to do next.

    My site is not quite finished yet so it’s still private – using the Coming Soon plugin.

    I can temporary put it public if necessary??

    You can add this on your custom css.

    .entry-content {
    -webkit-hyphens: none;
    -moz-hyphens:    none;
    -ms-hyphens:     none;
    hyphens:         none;
}
    Moderator Jose Castaneda

    (@jcastaneda)

    THEME COFFEE MONKEY

    The better question now is if you want just the posts to have no hyphens or do you want it site-wide? If that is the case you can use the code Ron provided. If you want it site-wide you can just change the selector from .entry-content to .site

    Thread Starter Petra737

    (@petra737)

    Brilliant! Thank you so much, that’s got rid of the hyphens.

    Can I please ask another question?

    Yesterday I installed the Hide Title pluggin in an effort to get rid of the Category Archives: [My post title] which was showing on some posts. It didn’t work and I’ve now deactivated and deleted that plugin but the titles of all my posts have disappeared both from the home page and the posts themselves. (They are still there when I go in to edit the posts).

    Any ideas on what could be wrong?

    (I did manage to get rid of the Category Archives issue with the custom ccs plugin).

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