WordPress – check if shortcode exists in post_content

function wp_has_shortcode($shortcode='', $post_id=false) {
 
        global $post;
 
        /*
         * Get current post
         */
        $post_obj   = get_post( $post->ID );
 
        /*
         * Default false
         */
        $found      = false;
 
        /*
         * If shortcode not passed as argument, return false
         */
        if (!$shortcode) {
            return $found;
        }
 
        /*
         * If shortcode exists in content, return true
         */
        if(stripos($post_obj->post_content, '[' . $shortcode ) !== false) {
            $found = true;
        }
 
        return $found;
 
    }

function wp_has_shortcode($shortcode='', $post_id=false) { global $post; /* * Get current post */ $post_obj = get_post( $post->ID ); /* * Default false */ $found = false; /* * If shortcode not passed as argument, return false */ if (!$shortcode) { return $found; } /* * If shortcode exists in content, return true */ if(stripos($post_obj->post_content, '[' . $shortcode ) !== false) { $found = true; } return $found; }

/*
 * Use current post
 */
if(wp_has_shortcode('gallery')) {
  // do stuff here
}
 
/*
 * Use any post
 */
if(wp_has_shortcode('gallery', $post_id)) {
  // do stuff here
}

/* * Use current post */ if(wp_has_shortcode('gallery')) { // do stuff here } /* * Use any post */ if(wp_has_shortcode('gallery', $post_id)) { // do stuff here }