Ever since its introduction the [wpp] shortcode will not render the excerpt even if the user sets its length via excerpt_length as instructed. This is confusing because the user doesn't know that they also need to add the {excerpt} Content Tag somewhere in their shortcode via post_html.
Let's review this part of the code so that:
Using the post_html isn't necessary anymore to render the excerpt.
Nothing breaks for already-in-use [wpp] shortcodes out there to avoid negatively impacting the layout(s) people are using out there with this shortcode.
Ever since its introduction the
[wpp]
shortcode will not render the excerpt even if the user sets its length viaexcerpt_length
as instructed. This is confusing because the user doesn't know that they also need to add the{excerpt}
Content Tag somewhere in their shortcode viapost_html
.Let's review this part of the code so that:
post_html
isn't necessary anymore to render the excerpt.[wpp]
shortcodes out there to avoid negatively impacting the layout(s) people are using out there with this shortcode.