How to modify Genesis core function?

[maurisrx]

I am trying to modify a Genesis framework core function. I want to remove strip_shortcodes() from the function get_the_content_limit(). Here is my code:

if ( wp_get_theme( 'genesis' ) ) {
// replace get_the_content_limit() with the custom one
remove_filter( 'the_content_limit', 'get_the_content_limit' );
add_filter( 'the_content_limit', 'custom_get_the_content_limit' );

// copied from genesis/lib/functions/formatting.php:57
function custom_get_the_content_limit( $max_characters, $more_link_text = '(more...)', $stripteaser = false ) {

    $content = get_the_content( '', $stripteaser );

    //* Strip tags and keep shortcodes so the content truncation count is done correctly
    $content = strip_tags( $content, apply_filters( 'get_the_content_limit_allowedtags', '<script>,<style>' ) );

    //* Remove inline styles / scripts
    $content = trim( preg_replace( '#<(s(cript|tyle)).*?</\1>#si', '', $content ) );

    //* Truncate $content to $max_char
    $content = genesis_truncate_phrase( $content, $max_characters );

    //* More link?
    if ( $more_link_text ) {
        $link   = apply_filters( 'get_the_content_more_link', sprintf( '… <a href="%s" class="more-link">%s</a>', get_permalink(), $more_link_text ), $more_link_text );
        $output = sprintf( '<p>%s %s</p>', $content, $link );
    } else {
        $output = sprintf( '<p>%s</p>', $content );
        $link = '';
    }

    return apply_filters( 'get_the_content_limit', $output, $content, $link, $max_characters );

}
}

Usually it works when I use this technique to modify WordPress core function. Am I doing something wrong?

Thank you,
Yudhistira

[Brad Dalton]

The problem is most non Genesis users hack the WordPress core or their parent theme core which is not best practice when both have built in filter hooks.

Genesis have a lot, here's some http://my.studiopress.com/snippets/

WordPress have nearly 2000

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[maurisrx]

Hi braddalton, thank you for the answer.

If I modify Genesis core, it works perfectly. But it doesn't work using filter like my code above. remove_filter() function seems not working. I want to include it in a plugin so hacking Genesis core is not an option.

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