Visual Composer and Relevanssi showing shortcodes in search

functions.php

<?php 
// Issue with showing VC shortcodes in search results 
// Strip out Visual Composer specific shortcodes
add_filter('relevanssi_pre_excerpt_content', 'rlv_trim_vc_shortcodes');
function rlv_trim_vc_shortcodes($content) {
    $content = preg_replace('/\[\/?vc_.*?\]/', '', $content);
    return $content;
}

in which file should this be added

Thanks!

exactly what i needed! thanks!

This is currently unnecessary, Relevanssi does this automatically now.

Still helpful to hide other particular shortcodes though by replacing the "vc_" text. Thanks!