by Scott Reilly 4.5 (10 reviews)

Hide Broken Shortcodes

Name: Hide Broken Shortcodes
Rating: 4.5 (10 reviews)
Author: Scott Reilly

Prevent broken shortcodes from appearing in posts and pages.

Hide Broken Shortcodes ranks #9,656 among WordPress.org plugins with 400+ active installations, is #1,282 of 8,848 in the Customization category, a 4.5/5 rating from 10 reviews, and was last updated May 6, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 6.8 (Current: 7.1.4)

v2.0 Current Version v2.0

Updated 6 months ago Last Update on 06 May, 2026

Refreshed 1 week ago Last Refreshed on

#1,282 of 8,848 in Customization Top 25% by installs Downloads -20% this week

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Plugin Details

Version: 2.0
Last Updated: May 06, 2026
Requires WP: 2.5+
Tested Up To: 6.8
PHP Version: N/A
Author: Scott Reilly

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Reviews: 10
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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners and administrators who want to keep their pages looking clean. It hides broken shortcodes caused by disabled plugins or typos instead of letting the unprocessed shortcode text appear on the site.

Hides self-closing broken shortcodes
Shows enclosed text without shortcode tags
Customizable via developer hooks
hide_broken_shortcode filter
hide_broken_shortcodes_filters filter

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Hide Broken Shortcodes

By default, the plugin only tries to hide broken shortcodes appearing in post/page content, post/page excerpts, and widgets. It does not hide broken shortcodes that may appear in post/page titles, custom fields, menus, comments, etc.

If you want want a shortcode to appear as-is in a post (for example, you are trying to provide an example of how to use a shortcode), can use the shortcode escaping syntax, which is built into WordPress, by using two opening brackets to start the shortcode, and two closing brackets to close the shortcode: [[some_shortcode]] [[an_example style="yes"]some text[/an_example]] The shortcodes will appear in your post (but without the double brackets).

Assuming you want to allow the broken shortcodes 'abc' and 'gallery' to be ignored by this plugin (and therefore not hidden if broken), you can include the following in your theme's functions.php file or in a site-specific plugin: /** * Permit certain shortcodes to appear as broken without being hidden. * * @param string $display The text to display in place of the broken shortcode. * @param string $shortcode_name The name of the shortcode. * @param array $m The regex match array for the shortcode. * @return string */ function allowed_broken_shortcodes( $display, $shortcode_name, $m ) { $shortcodes_not_to_hide = array( 'abc', 'gallery' ); if ( in_array( $shortcode_name, $shortcodes_not_to_hide ) ) { $display = $m[0]; } return $display; } add_filter( 'hide_broken_shortcode', 'allowed_broken_shortcodes', 10, 3 );

Yes. The tests are not packaged in the release .zip file or included in plugins.svn.wordpress.org, but can be found in the plugin's GitHub repository.