I fixed it by adding the following to the theme’s functions.php, under Custom Functions:
function remove_dropcap_shortcode($text = '') {
$raw_excerpt = $text;
if ( '' == $text ) {
$text = get_the_content('');
$text = str_replace("[dropcap]","",$text);
$text = str_replace("[/dropcap]","",$text);
$text = strip_shortcodes( $text );
$text = apply_filters('the_content', $text);
$text = str_replace(']]>', ']]>', $text);
$excerpt_length = apply_filters('excerpt_length', 55);
$excerpt_more = apply_filters('excerpt_more', ' ' . '[…]');
$text = wp_trim_words( $text, $excerpt_length, $excerpt_more );
}
return apply_filters('wp_trim_excerpt', $text, $raw_excerpt);
}
add_filter( 'get_the_excerpt', 'remove_dropcap_shortcode', 1);
Feel free to include it in the next update ??
Edd