WordPress - Stripping Shortcodes

functions.php

There might be some cases that you need the shortcodes of the text to be omitted: You may use part of the content for a "Next Post" preview, you may have switched to a new theme and don't want to display texts of shortcodes that are not run anymore, and so on.

When that time comes, strip_shortcodes() is your friend.

Usage

There's a very good example in the Codex. Let's say that you need to strip shortcodes in the homepage but let them run in other content pages. 

Here's how you should use the strip_shortcodes() function:

<?php
function remove_shortcode_from_index( $content ) {
    if ( is_home() )
        $content = strip_shortcodes( $content );
    return $content;
}
add_filter( 'the_content', 'remove_shortcode_from_index' );
?>
Quick and easy.