Line Break Shortcode: This option will enable the line break shortcode usage within the post/page content area. Usage: You can use the shortcode [break] to insert a linebreak into your content. This is extremely useful for spacing paragraphs, titles, headers, charts, or whatever else when switching between the Visual and the HTML editors. It will also save properly when saving your content. This has been the best workaround I can find to the tinymce stripping away br tags. Back-end view of the Visual editor. Back-end view of the HTML editor. Front-end view of the post.