This happens when the function runs outside of the Wordpress loop. When this happens, we can assume the function runs in a context that may not require content protection as in the to-do above (syncing post content in Elasticsearch). Hence, we can just return the current $content as it is.
Please feel free to suggest alternatives or point out any gotchas in this approach if I missed any! Thank you!
It is possible for the global
$postvariable to benullwhenmemberful_wp_protect_contentis executed, as demonstrated in this scenario: https://3.basecamp.com/3293071/buckets/9856127/todos/5712180926This happens when the function runs outside of the Wordpress loop. When this happens, we can assume the function runs in a context that may not require content protection as in the to-do above (syncing post content in Elasticsearch). Hence, we can just return the current
$contentas it is.Please feel free to suggest alternatives or point out any gotchas in this approach if I missed any! Thank you!