by Scott Reilly
4.5 (10 reviews)
Hide Broken Shortcodes
Prevent broken shortcodes from appearing in posts and pages.
Tested up to WP 6.8 (Current: 7.0)
v2.0
Current Version v2.0
Updated 1 month ago
Last Update on 06 May, 2026
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- Version
- 2.0
- Last Updated
- May 06, 2026
- Requires WP
- 2.5+
- Tested Up To
- 6.8
- PHP Version
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- Author
- Scott Reilly
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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.