Title: [Plugin: WP Columnize] Remove shortcode from content?
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# [Plugin: WP Columnize] Remove shortcode from content?

 *  Resolved [EntarteteMuzak](https://wordpress.org/support/users/entartetemuzak/)
 * (@entartetemuzak)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-columnize-remove-shortcode-from-content/)
 * Hi,
    First of all, great plugin. Saved my ass from hard coding columns in HTML.
 * Now, if I want to strip the short code from the content or excerpt in such cases
   where it is not preferable two have columns, how do I go about doing that?
 * I’ve tried `<?php remove_all_shortcodes('the_content') ; the_content(); ?>` but
   without success. That just leaves `[col-sect]` and `[column]` embedded in the
   post.
 * Suggestions?
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-columnize/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-columnize/)

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 *  Thread Starter [EntarteteMuzak](https://wordpress.org/support/users/entartetemuzak/)
 * (@entartetemuzak)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-columnize-remove-shortcode-from-content/#post-2012144)
 * Fixed it with this:
 * in Functions
 *     ```
       <?php
       add_filter( 'the_excerpt', 'remove_columns' );
       function remove_columns( $excerpt ) {
       	return preg_replace ("/\[(\S+)\]/e", "", $excerpt);
       }?>
       ```
   
 * In template:
    `<?php remove_all_shortcodes('the_excerpt') ; the_excerpt(); ?>`
 * The only thing that ticks me is that the […] after the excerpt disappears if 
   I use this technique on the excerpt.

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 * Last activity: [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-columnize-remove-shortcode-from-content/#post-2012144)
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