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Troubleshooting Missing Periods and Dots in ColorMag Theme Posts

47 threads Sep 16, 2025 Theme → Colormag

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Users of the ColorMag theme have occasionally reported a peculiar formatting issue where periods (dots or full stops) at the end of sentences seem to disappear when a post is published. While the text appears correctly in the WordPress editor, the published page shows the final word of one sentence running directly into the first word of the next.

Understanding the Problem

This issue, as seen in threads like "Periods (dots = .) not showing at the end of sentences", is often not a bug in the traditional sense. It is typically caused by a conflict between the theme's CSS styling and how the browser renders text. The ColorMag theme uses specific typography settings to control font appearance, spacing, and layout. Sometimes, a particular combination of font family, size, and line height can cause the browser to render punctuation in an unexpected way, making it appear to vanish, especially at certain screen widths or zoom levels.

Common Solutions to Try

Before making any significant changes, always ensure you have a recent backup of your website.

1. Check for Plugin Conflicts

The first and most crucial step is to rule out a conflict with another plugin. Temporarily deactivate all your plugins except any critical SEO or caching tools. If the periods reappear, reactivate your plugins one by one to identify the culprit. Once found, you can look for an alternative plugin or adjust its settings.

2. Adjust Typography Settings in the Customizer

ColorMag offers extensive typography controls. Navigate to Appearance > Customize > Typography. Try experimenting with the following settings for your content's body text:

  • Font Family: Temporarily switch to a very common, web-safe font like Arial or Georgia to see if the issue is specific to your current font.
  • Line Height: Slightly increase the line height value.
  • Letter Spacing: Add a minimal amount of letter spacing (e.g., 0.1px or 0.2px).

After each change, publish your customizations and check the front end to see if the problem is resolved.

3. Add Custom CSS

If the typography settings don't fully solve the problem, you can add a small piece of CSS code. This ensures the browser renders the text with proper spacing. Go to Appearance > Customize > Additional CSS and add the following rule:

.post article { white-space: normal; }

This CSS targets the post content area and explicitly tells the browser to handle white space normally, which can often force the correct rendering of punctuation marks.

4. Use an HTML Entity (Advanced)

As a last resort for a specific problematic sentence, you can edit the post in the HTML (Text) view of the block editor and replace the standard period with its HTML entity code. Replace . with .. This method is not practical for an entire site but can work for a stubborn instance.

When to Seek Further Help

If none of these steps work, the issue could be more complex. The problem described in the sample threads was sometimes resolved by the user switching to a different text editor view or was specific to certain browser and font combinations. It's recommended to test your site in different browsers (Chrome, Firefox, Safari) to see if the behavior is consistent. Community forums like the WordPress support forums can be a good resource for niche issues that others may have also encountered and solved.

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