How to check if a shortcode is registered in WordPress

Quick and easy function to check if a plugin/theme/whatever has add/registered a shortcode in WordPress:

function is_shortcode_defined($shortcode)
{
	global $shortcode_tags;
	if(isset($shortcode_tags[$shortcode]))
		return TRUE;
	else
		return FALSE;
}

Just add this into your plugin or theme’s functions.php and wherever you need to check if the shortcode exists, just call is_shortcode_defined(“button”);  or something similar from an if statement, as such:

if( ! is_shortcode_defined("button") )
{
	add_shortcode("button", "my_button_function");
}

Hope this helps.

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