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Is there a way I can return the shortcode text instead of the output.

My code function is hooked into 'the_content' and I know if my function contain shortcode it will automatically generate the output. I just want to output shortcode text e.g [gallery]

add_filter( 'the_content', 'show_on_front', 10 );
function show_on_front( $content ) {
   $content .= 'this is example of shortcode : [gallery]';
   return $content;
}

Regards,

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Another way is to use a shortcode to display shortcodes :)

add_shortcode('SH','shortcode_display_handler');
function shortcode_display_handler($atts = array(),$content=null){
    $content = str_replace("[","[",$content);
    $content = str_replace("]","]",$content);
    return $content;
}

Usage:

[SH] [gallery] [/SH]
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If you want to literally echo "this is example of shortcode : [gallery]" with no shortcode processing then give your filter a very high number for a priority:

add_filter( 'the_content', 'show_on_front', 1000 );

That way, it runs after the shortcode processing function runs.

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Unless I'm somehow misunderstanding the Question, you could just change [gallery] to [[gallery]].

add_filter( 'the_content', 'show_on_front', 10 );
function show_on_front( $content ) {
   $content .= 'this is example of shortcode : [[gallery]]';
   return $content;
}

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