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@designextreme The only real benefit here is a better developer experience, I think that’s clear, so I do not feel the need to continue the discussion off the forums.

I understand that this is just a small improvement, which does not have your top priority. I came up with the suggestion because I felt it could be accomplished with minor effort on your part.

But it was just a suggestion after all 🙂

@designextreme thanks for the quick response.

Are you able to achieve the same outcome using do_shortcode() to a variable?

I’m not entirely sure what you mean by this, but at least it made me realize that it is not as simple as I thought. After all, a shortcode returns content, and I now assume the do_action() call will echo it. So maybe you will need a function after all, or create a dedicated method which echoes the shortcode content and add that as an action.

The reason I suggested an action instead of a function is the fact that as a theme developer, I will always have to check whether a plugin-provided function exists. If I use an action, I will not have to do that, it will simply do nothing if no listeners are attached.