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Check if a shortcode exists in WordPress
<?php
if ( ! function_exists( 'shortcode_exists' ) ) :
/**
* Check if a shortcode is registered in WordPress.
*
* Examples: shortcode_exists( 'caption' ) - will return true.
* shortcode_exists( 'blah' ) - will return false.
*
* @param string $shortcode The name of the shortcode to check
* @return bool Whether the shortcode exists or not
*/
function shortcode_exists( $shortcode ) {
global $shortcode_tags;
return array_key_exists( $shortcode, $shortcode_tags ) );
}
endif;
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