Remove shortcodes from description

Hi @tonyart,

What you need is to set strip_shortcodes as custom_function, i.e.:

<description>[alg_product_description custom_function="strip_shortcodes"]</description>

Thank you for the quick reply, unfortunately it didn’t work, this is what I have:
<DESCRIPTION><![CDATA[ [alg_product_description custom_function=”strip_shortcodes” use_parent_id=”yes” ]]]></DESCRIPTION>

I added use_parent_id=”yes” because I need the variation product to take the product main description, otherwise is empty, it takes the description but still with shortcodes for ex:

<![CDATA[
[vc_row el_class=”m-b-md”][vc_column][vc_column_text] description of product..
[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]”[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
]]>

@tonyart,

Hmm… I did try it on my server with my custom [test] shortcode and it did work (i.e. shortcode was removed). Will have to try it with visual composer. Will get back to you asap.

OK, thank you!

If it’s not possible, maybe we can use the find and replace functions for multiple items, I tried it and it works for everything beside the [,]. When I want to replace the square brackets, like this <CATEGORYTEXT>[alg_product_description find_replace_sep=”,” find=”[,]” replace=””]</CATEGORYTEXT> the result is <CATEGORYTEXT> ” replace=””</CATEGORYTEXT> so the code thinks the shortcode ends with square bracket from the find=”[,]”.

Hi @tonyart,

Hopefully I’ve managed to find a solution. Please update the plugin to the newest v1.5.1 that we’ve just released. Now there I’ve added new strip_shortcodes attribute to all shortcodes. Generally you would need to set it to yes, however, in order to remove visual composer’s shortcodes you need to set it to yes-force (it will then basically remove all that “looks” like shortcodes). I’ve also added new cdata attribute, so your final code should look like this:

<DESCRIPTION>[alg_product_description cdata="yes" strip_shortcodes="yes-force" use_parent_id="yes"]</DESCRIPTION>

Please let me know if it’s still not working as expected.

And if you like the plugin, please consider leaving me a rating.

Hello, thank you for the update, but unfortunately did not removed all shortcodes. It looks like only this one was not removed: [vc_column width=”1/6″]. Here is an example result:

<DESCRIPTION>
<![CDATA[
Men’s regular fit training pants is done in several colors….[vc_column width=”1/6″]Delivery within 24 hours[vc_column width=”1/6″]45 days warranty[vc_column width=”1/6″]30 days of return[vc_column width=”1/6″]Free shipping for orders over 250..[vc_column width=”1/6″][vc_column width=”1/6″]
Phone support..
]]>
</DESCRIPTION>

Hi @tonyart,

Ok, please update to plugin v1.5.2 and try it again (same as last time, with strip_shortcodes="yes-force").

All good now, thank you!

@tonyart,

Great! Let me know if you need anything else.

Yes, I have one more problem for custom taxonomies. They are displayed in alphabetical order in feed, I need them in hierarchical order, from the parent category to the last child.

• This reply was modified 5 years, 8 months ago by tonyart.

@tonyart,

Ok, please update the plugin to v1.5.4. Now you can display product categories in hierarchical order with:

[alg_product_terms taxonomy="product_cat" orderby="hierarchy"]

Please take a look and let me know if something is not working as expected.

P.S. If you like the plugin, please leave me a rating.

It’s working, thank you again!

@tonyart,

Sure, no problem, happy to help ??