What is the best way to enable nested shortcodes?

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Is this the best way to enable nested shortcodes?:

add_filter( 'the_content', 'do_shortcode' );

I keep finding mixed results and want to be sure I won't break anything else!

Brady · Accepted Answer · 2011-11-08 16:28:28Z

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Everything you need to know about nested shortcodes in WP

answered Nov 8 '11 at 16:28

Brady♦
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	That mentions "provided their handler functions support it by recursively calling do_shortcode()" - So, doing it like above wouldn't be the way to go? – hhins Nov 8 '11 at 16:31
	Maybe a more appropriate question would be, would setting that above to the default priority (10) cause issues I'm unaware of? – hhins Nov 8 '11 at 16:44
	The line of code you have posted is useless. You are adding the do_shortcode function to the filter the_content. WordPress already does that automatically. Applying it again wont make things recursive. As the codex says: "provided their handler functions support it by recursively calling do_shortcode()" – Brady♦ Nov 8 '11 at 17:22
	What shortcode are you nesting? – Brady♦ Nov 8 '11 at 17:24
	It's just a handful of different column shortcodes, they don't rely on do_shortcode($content) in the shortcodes. It does work with the filter changed to priority 10 but I think I'll just rewrite them to use do_shortcode($content) as it states. I appreciate your quick replies. – hhins Nov 8 '11 at 17:37

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