After some further investigation the Problem seems to manifest when using SEO-plugins, in my case RankMath.
The Support from RankMath provided me with a workaround in form of a code-snippet but also pointed out that it’s ultimatly a theme-problem.
Can you comprehend their explanation as pointed out below and provide a definitive fix for this?
The issue was from the Woodmart theme utilizing the get_the_excerpt filter, which adds those line breaks when a description is not added to a page. The get_the_excerpt function appears to be the cause of the issue.
This issue isn’t exclusive to the Rank Math plugin; it’s likely to occur with other SEO plugins as well. I recommend reaching out to the Woodmart team so they can take a look at this.
For now, to fix the issue on your site, I’ve added a dummy description to the Register page using the following filter code in the Code Snippet “Rank Math SEO – Add description to register page”.
add_filter( 'rank_math/frontend/description', function( $description ) {
// Check if the current page is the register page
if ( isset( $_GET['action'] ) && $_GET['action'] === 'register' ) {
return 'Create your account and start using our services today.';
}
return $description;
});
.
