Cleanup Visual Composer Vomit (strip vc shortcodes)

strip_visual_composer_shotcode_vomit.php

<?php
/**
 * Strip Visual Composer Shortcode Vomit
 *
 * Main footer file for the theme.
 *
 * @package    DevTools
 * @author     Jon Brown <[email protected]>
 * @license    https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.txt GNU/GPLv2
 * @link       https://9seeds.com
 * @since      1.0.0
 */

/**
 * Load need WordPress scripts
 */
require 'wp-load.php';
require_once 'wp-includes/functions.php';
require_once 'wp-includes/shortcodes.php';

/**
* Load all posts and strip Visual Composer Codes
*/
$args  = array(
	'posts_per_page'         => -1, // Yes you can make this -1 if you scream YOLO before running.
	'offset'                 => 0,
	'post_type'              => 'page',
	// Make it faster!
	'no_found_rows'          => false,
	// Skip caching!
	'cache_results'          => false,
	'update_post_term_cache' => false,
	'update_post_meta_cache' => false,
);
$posts = new WP_Query( $args );

// var_dump( $posts );
// wp_die('Just Testing!);
if ( $posts->have_posts() ) :
	while ( $posts->have_posts() ) :
		$posts->the_post();

		echo '<br>ID ' . $post->ID . ' | Title ' . $post->post_title;

		// Props to http://stackoverflow.com/questions/38764170/how-to-strip-all-visual-composer-shortcode-tags-from-wordpresss-post-content-fe
		$post->post_content = preg_replace( '~(?:\[/?)[^/\]]+/?\]~s', '', $post->post_content );

		if ( ! wp_is_post_revision( $post->ID ) ) {
			$post_id = wp_update_post( $post, true );
			if ( is_wp_error( $post_id ) ) {
				$errors = $post_id->get_error_messages();
				foreach ( $errors as $error ) {
					echo '<span style="color:red"> - error: ' . $error . '</span>';
				}
			}
		}
	endwhile;
endif;