{"id":2337,"date":"2023-05-17T13:00:28","date_gmt":"2023-05-17T13:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tocwp.com\/docs\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=2337"},"modified":"2025-11-28T07:54:29","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T07:54:29","slug":"how-to-exclude-headings-by-shortcode-in-easy-table-of-contents","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/tocwp.com\/docs\/knowledge-base\/how-to-exclude-headings-by-shortcode-in-easy-table-of-contents\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Exclude Headings by Shortcode in Easy Table Of Contents."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this tutorial, we will show you how you can Exclude Headings by Shortcode.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sometimes there are some plugin shortcodes that add unnecessary headings to the Table Of Content container so this feature is to help you to exclude them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Download and Install the&nbsp;<strong>Easy Table Of Contents Pro<\/strong>&nbsp;zip folder from the&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/tocwp.com\/account\/\" target=\"_blank\">account area<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Upload and Activate the plugin on your website.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Step 1: <\/strong>Go to Easy Table of Content settings and scroll down to the PRO Settings and here you will find the option to Exclude Headings by Shortcode.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"476\" src=\"https:\/\/tocwp.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image-1024x476-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2343\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tocwp.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image-1024x476-1.png 1024w, https:\/\/tocwp.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image-1024x476-1-300x139.png 300w, https:\/\/tocwp.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image-1024x476-1-768x357.png 768w, https:\/\/tocwp.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image-1024x476-1-50x23.png 50w, https:\/\/tocwp.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image-1024x476-1-60x28.png 60w, https:\/\/tocwp.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image-1024x476-1-100x46.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Step 2:<\/strong> Here you have to add the Shortcode from which you want to exclude the heading in the format given as an example below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Shortcode [tag1],[tag_2],[tag-3]<br>Shortcode format you need to add:- tag1,tag_2,tag-3<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Note: <strong>Please do not add Squer brackets [] while adding the shortcode<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>That\u2019s it for this tutorial!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We hope we\u2019ve cleared your doubts in case you have any feedback or questions, then please share them in the comments section below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this tutorial, we will show you how you can Exclude Headings by Shortcode. Sometimes there are some plugin shortcodes that add unnecessary headings to the Table Of Content container so this feature is to help you to exclude them. Step 1: Go to Easy Table of Content settings and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[4],"ht-kb-tag":[],"class_list":["post-2337","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-how-to"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tocwp.com\/docs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/2337","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tocwp.com\/docs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tocwp.com\/docs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tocwp.com\/docs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tocwp.com\/docs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2337"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/tocwp.com\/docs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/2337\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2632,"href":"https:\/\/tocwp.com\/docs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/2337\/revisions\/2632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tocwp.com\/docs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tocwp.com\/docs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=2337"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tocwp.com\/docs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=2337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}