[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #28720: Shortcode Escaping Doesn't Work in Most Situations

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#28720: Shortcode Escaping Doesn't Work in Most Situations
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 Reporter:  miqrogroove   |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Shortcodes    |     Version:  3.3
 Severity:  normal        |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  close         |     Focuses:
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Comment (by jdgrimes):

 Replying to [comment:2 aaroncampbell]:
 > '''Escaping only works for registered shortcodes.'''
 > I don't think we need to worry about this at all. Shortcodes that aren't
 registered aren't shortcodes as far as I'm concerned.

 I think what brought me here originally was a scenario in which I wanted
 to display shortcode examples. The plugin that provides those shortcodes
 wasn't installed, but I was planning to possibly install it in the future.
 I wanted to avoid those examples being actually executed by the plugin if
 I installed it later. I thought I would escape them, but I couldn't. I
 decided to fix the issue by registering fake shortcodes (`add_shortcode(
 'shortcode', '__return_empty_string' )`). That way I could use the
 shortcode escaping, in case I install that plugin in the future.

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