Allows posts and pages to easily document WordPress shortcodes without the shortcode being expanded.
As of April 2026, WP Shortcode Shield is a WordPress page plugin with 10 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 1 reviews. It has been downloaded 2.6K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.4+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2012. Last updated 13 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Post Type Switcher.
This plugin allows you to refer to a WordPress shortcode within the content of posts and pages without that shortcode being automagically expanded by WordPress. The plugin takes advantage of the fact that the WordPress ShortCode API does not support nested shortcodes to allow this plugin’s shortcode to wrap the shortcode being documented.
The shortcode parser uses a single pass on the post content. This means that if
the $content parameter of a shortcode handler contains another shortcode, it won’t
be parsed
The plugin supports both the self closing [shortcode] and enclosing [shortcode]content[/shortcode] forms and supports a short form name of the shortcode, [wp_scs] as well as the more verbose [wp_shortcode_shield] form. For the sake of brevity, the remainder of this d…
| WordPress | 3.4+ requiredTested up to 3.4.2 |
| PHP | false+ required |
The current version is 1.1.0 (2012.11.12)
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