WordPress 5.4 introduces a new function – apply_shortcodes(). It’s an alias for the current do_shortcode() function. The semantics of do_* implies the function displays the result of the shortcode. But that’s not actually the case. In fact, do_shortcode() needs to be echoed to display its result. Here is the current implementation: Semantically, we should be able … Continue reading WordPress 5.4 introduces apply_shortcodes() as an alias for do_shortcode()