Strip Visual Composer shortcodes from posts

strip_visual_composer_shitcodes.php

<?php

/*
Load selected posts, strip out Visual Composer shortcodes leaving the content intact and update the post again.
*/


require('wp-load.php');
require_once('wp-includes/functions.php');
require_once('wp-includes/shortcodes.php');

    $args = array('numberposts' => -1, 
                  'post_type' => 'post');

    $posts = get_posts($args);

    foreach($posts as $po){

        echo "id: ".$po->ID." | Title: ".$po->post_title."<br><br>";

       // Stackoverflow magic:
        $po->post_content=preg_replace("~(?:\[/?)[^/\]]+/?\]~s", '', $po->post_content);

        // But first, let's test..
        //$po->post_title = "foobar " . $po->ID;

        if ( ! wp_is_post_revision( $po->ID ) ){

            $post_id = wp_update_post( $po, true );                         

            if (is_wp_error($post_id)) {
                $errors = $post_id->get_error_messages();
                foreach ($errors as $error) {
                echo "error: " . $error . "<br><Br><hr><br>";
                }
            }
        }
    }

/*
// From http://stackoverflow.com/questions/38764170/how-to-strip-all-visual-composer-shortcode-tags-from-wordpresss-post-content-fe

$the_content = '[VC_ROW][VC_COLUMN]some text1[/VC_COLUMN] etc.[/VC_ROW][VC_COLUMN_INNTER width="1/3"][/VC_COLUMN_INNTER]';

$shortcode_tags = array('VC_COLUMN_INNTER');
$values = array_values( $shortcode_tags );
$exclude_codes  = implode( '|', $values );

// strip all shortcodes but keep content
// $the_content = preg_replace("~(?:\[/?)[^/\]]+/?\]~s", '', $the_content);

// strip all shortcodes except $exclude_codes and keep all content
$the_content = preg_replace( "~(?:\[/?)(?!(?:$exclude_codes))[^/\]]+/?\]~s", '', $the_content );
echo $the_content;

*/

?>