Title: Disable Shortcode functionality
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Disable Shortcode functionality

 *  Resolved [ikivanov](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ikivanov/)
 * (@ikivanov)
 * [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/disable-shortcode-functionality/)
 * I am developing a website where I want to prevent Authors from executing Shortcode
   and show maps only on the templates where I already places my PHP code.
 * Is there any option or work around to disable this Shortcode and leave PHP API
   working in the templates.
 * Thanks in advance.
 * [http://wordpress.org/plugins/pronamic-google-maps/](http://wordpress.org/plugins/pronamic-google-maps/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Remco Tolsma](https://wordpress.org/support/users/remcotolsma/)
 * (@remcotolsma)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/disable-shortcode-functionality/#post-4544055)
 * WordPress has a ‘remove_shortcode’ function, maybe you can use this to disable
   the Google Maps shortcode:
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/remove_shortcode](http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/remove_shortcode)
 *  Thread Starter [ikivanov](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ikivanov/)
 * (@ikivanov)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/disable-shortcode-functionality/#post-4544068)
 * Thanks, That will work.

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 * Last reply from: [ikivanov](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ikivanov/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/disable-shortcode-functionality/#post-4544068)
 * Status: resolved