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  • September 26, 2019 at 6:23 pm #1142444
    CurlyHost

    So im trying to display a certain amount of blog post content within a search and filter query for my clients site. The issue im running into however is that when I use this line of code:

    $content = get_the_content();
    $trimmed_content = wp_trim_words( $content, 50, NULL );
    echo $trimmed_content;

    The content that is displayed shows enfolds markup and shortcodes.

    When I use the_content instead the page appears shrunken and wonky.

    What do I need to add in order for the shortcodes to not appear when printed on the front end?

    September 29, 2019 at 7:43 pm #1143119
    Basilis

    Hey Andrea,

    You can remove the shortcodes by using https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/strip_shortcodes

    Best regards,
    Basilis

    September 30, 2019 at 8:40 pm #1143487
    CurlyHost

    Hi Basilis,

    I have tried the strip_shortcodes hook as well without success.

    Here’s what I tried:

    $content = get_the_content();
    $stripped_content = strip_shortcodes( $content );
    echo $stripped_content;

    When I do this the posts display absolutely nothing. When I try the_content instead the result shows the page looking very unpleasant.

    October 2, 2019 at 5:55 am #1144050
    Ismael

    Hi,

    Are you doing this inside a post loop? If not, you may need to add the id of the post inside the get_the_content function. Or try to use the preg_replace function.

    
$content = get_the_content();
$content = preg_replace('#\[[^\]]+\]#', '',$content);
echo $content;

    Thank you for the update.

    Best regards,
    Ismael

    October 7, 2019 at 8:37 pm #1145897
    CurlyHost

    Ismael,

    This isn’t exactly what I would like to show (because it doesn’t show the styles ALB offers) but we will make this work.

    Thanks for letting me know about preg_replace!

    October 8, 2019 at 6:31 am #1146017
    Rikard

    Hi,

    Thanks for the update, please let us know if you should need any further help on the topic.

    Best regards,
    Rikard

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