Stop auto formatting in shortcodes

Question

Is there a way I can stop Wordpress auto formatting everything I enter inside a shortcode tag?

A the moment I want to include a h2, a paragraph and another shortcode, but everytime I do Wordpress wraps each different elemnt in p tags.

Is there a way to remove this so I can format each part individually?

The [embed] shortcode removes all shortcodes, runs alone, and then lets everyone else run through. core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/3.3.1/wp-includes/…, + check this codeseekah.com/2012/02/26/what-the_content-goes-through on what filters are usually applied, wpautop may not be the only reason. — soulseekah, Commented Mar 21, 2012 at 12:03
ideasandpixels.com/disable-wordpress-auto-formatting-short-code — Sridhar Katakam, Commented Mar 21, 2012 at 15:41

Bainternet · Accepted Answer · 2012-03-21 11:59:18Z

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You can postpone the wp_autop filter which is responsible for wrapping elements in P tags till after shortcodes are rendered:

remove_filter( 'the_content', 'wpautop' );
add_filter( 'the_content', 'wpautop' , 12);

answered Mar 21, 2012 at 11:59

Bainternet

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This almost worked perfectly apart from the fact it added empty paragraphs between each shortcode. I just used p:empty{display:none} and it looks great now. Thanks a lot
– Dean Elliott
Commented Mar 21, 2012 at 12:30

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