I am rewriting a theme with shortcodes in the all the posts from the old theme. I searched all the files for the original shortcode function but get no results. So in a vanilla theme the page prints
[shortcode dostuff]content here[/shortcode]
I am trying to get the shortcode to output what is between the brackets, without editing every page on the site, so the page just shows:
content here
I can remove the shortcode with code like
function remove-shortcode() { return '';}
but then all the content inside the brackets gets removed as well
and the page would be blank. I tried function remove-shortcode() {return the_content();} and the page crashes.
What formula will return the content inside the shortcode brackets?
I am rewriting a theme with shortcodes in the all the posts from the old theme. I searched all the files for the original shortcode function but get no results. So in a vanilla theme the page prints
[shortcode dostuff]content here[/shortcode]
I am trying to get the shortcode to output what is between the brackets, without editing every page on the site, so the page just shows:
content here
I can remove the shortcode with code like
function remove-shortcode() { return '';}
but then all the content inside the brackets gets removed as well
and the page would be blank. I tried function remove-shortcode() {return the_content();} and the page crashes.
What formula will return the content inside the shortcode brackets?
Share Improve this question asked Mar 17, 2019 at 17:38 JonJon 3652 gold badges8 silver badges24 bronze badges1 Answer
Reset to default 3I have good news: the answer is simple.
The WordPress Codex concerning Enclosing Shortcodes (like the one you posted here) shows that the shortcode callback has 2 arguments, $atts and $content. You want to work with $content:
function wporg_shortcode($atts = [], $content = null)
{
// do something to $content
// always return
return $content;
}
add_shortcode('wporg', 'wporg_shortcode');