Rewrite the shortcode parser to support nested shortcodes and self-nested shortcodes

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The current shortcode parser is based on a single regular expression, making it error-prone and incapable of many useful features, such as nesting two instances of the same shortcode.

Here is a proof of concept parser for shortcodes that supports nesting and self-nesting out of the box: GitHub - gschoppe/Better-Shortcode-Parser: WordPress Shortcode Parser, based on the Gutenberg Block Parser

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Author: Greg Schoppe

Vote count: 11

Status: open

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@timkaye you supported the original petition. Do you still think we need a better shortcode parser?

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While I still think it’s a good idea, I haven’t seen anyone complain about running into any problems on CP with the current shortcode implementation. So I think this can safely be closed.

If the problem is reported at some time in the future, we could potentially revisit this then.

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