diff --git a/view/templates/wall_thread.tpl b/view/templates/wall_thread.tpl
index 0d2561869f..1a6a8c0717 100644
--- a/view/templates/wall_thread.tpl
+++ b/view/templates/wall_thread.tpl
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
 			<div class="wall-item-title p-name" id="wall-item-title-{{$item.id}}">{{$item.title}}</div>
 			<div class="wall-item-title-end"></div>
 			<div class="wall-item-body" id="wall-item-body-{{$item.id}}">
-				<span class="e-content">{{$item.body_html nofilter}}<span>
+				<span class="e-content" dir="auto">{{$item.body_html nofilter}}<span>
 				<div class="body-tag">
 				{{if !$item.suppress_tags}}
 					{{foreach $item.tags as $tag}}
diff --git a/view/theme/frio/templates/wall_thread.tpl b/view/theme/frio/templates/wall_thread.tpl
index 52a0e7c486..2d9d0a8ab4 100644
--- a/view/theme/frio/templates/wall_thread.tpl
+++ b/view/theme/frio/templates/wall_thread.tpl
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ as the value of $top_child_total (this is done at the end of this file)
 			<span class="wall-item-title" id="wall-item-title-{{$item.id}}"><h4 class="media-heading"><a href="{{$item.plink.href}}" class="{{$item.sparkle}} p-name">{{$item.title}}</a></h4><br /></span>
 			{{/if}}
 
-			<div class="wall-item-body e-content {{if !$item.title}}p-name{{/if}}" id="wall-item-body-{{$item.id}}">{{$item.body_html nofilter}}</div>
+			<div class="wall-item-body e-content {{if !$item.title}}p-name{{/if}}" id="wall-item-body-{{$item.id}}" dir="auto">{{$item.body_html nofilter}}</div>
 		</div>
 
 		<!-- TODO -->
diff --git a/view/theme/quattro/templates/wall_thread.tpl b/view/theme/quattro/templates/wall_thread.tpl
index e3ed4f26ca..870be32078 100644
--- a/view/theme/quattro/templates/wall_thread.tpl
+++ b/view/theme/quattro/templates/wall_thread.tpl
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
 		</div>
 		<div class="wall-item-content">
 			{{if $item.title}}<h2><a href="{{$item.plink.href}}" class="{{$item.sparkle}} p-name">{{$item.title}}</a></h2>{{/if}}
-			<div class="wall-item-body e-content {{if !$item.title}}p-name{{/if}}">{{$item.body_html nofilter}}</div>
+			<div class="wall-item-body e-content {{if !$item.title}}p-name{{/if}}" dir="auto">{{$item.body_html nofilter}}</div>
 		</div>
 	</div>
 	<div class="wall-item-bottom">
diff --git a/view/theme/smoothly/templates/wall_thread.tpl b/view/theme/smoothly/templates/wall_thread.tpl
index 53f918813f..a381722b12 100644
--- a/view/theme/smoothly/templates/wall_thread.tpl
+++ b/view/theme/smoothly/templates/wall_thread.tpl
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
 			<div class="wall-item-title p-name" id="wall-item-title-{{$item.id}}">{{$item.title}}</div>
 			<div class="wall-item-title-end"></div>
 			<div class="wall-item-body" id="wall-item-body-{{$item.id}}">
-				<span class="e-content">{{$item.body_html nofilter}}</span>
+				<span class="e-content" dir="auto">{{$item.body_html nofilter}}</span>
 				<div class="body-tag">
 				{{if !$item.suppress_tags}}
 					{{foreach $item.tags as $tag}}
diff --git a/view/theme/vier/templates/wall_thread.tpl b/view/theme/vier/templates/wall_thread.tpl
index 73997e7c53..f5e13137a3 100644
--- a/view/theme/vier/templates/wall_thread.tpl
+++ b/view/theme/vier/templates/wall_thread.tpl
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
 
 		<div itemprop="description" class="wall-item-content">
 			{{if $item.title}}<h2><a href="{{$item.plink.href}}" class="{{$item.sparkle}} p-name">{{$item.title}}</a></h2>{{/if}}
-			<div class="wall-item-body e-content {{if !$item.title}}p-name{{/if}}">{{$item.body_html nofilter}}</div>
+			<div class="wall-item-body e-content {{if !$item.title}}p-name{{/if}}" dir="auto">{{$item.body_html nofilter}}</div>
 		</div>
 	</div>
 	<div class="wall-item-bottom">