The "Remove all tags except the following" wasn't excluding tags as e…

…xpected

class/advanced-excerpt.php

@@ -244,13 +244,13 @@ function filter( $text ) {
 
 		$original_post_content = $text;
 
-		// Determine allowed tags
 		if ( empty( $allowed_tags ) ) {
-			$allowed_tags = $this->options_all_tags;
+			$allowed_tags = array();
 		}
 
+		// the $exclude_tags args takes precedence over the $allowed_tags args (only if they're both defined)
 		if ( ! empty( $exclude_tags ) ) {
-			$allowed_tags = array_diff( $allowed_tags, $exclude_tags );
+			$allowed_tags = array_diff( $this->options_all_tags, $exclude_tags );
 		}
 
 		// Strip HTML if $allowed_tags_option is set to 'remove_all_tags_except'
@@ -260,6 +260,7 @@ function filter( $text ) {
 			} else {
 				$tag_string = '';
 			}
+
 			$text = strip_tags( $text, $tag_string );
 		}
 

readme.txt

@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ However, you can [start The Loop manually](http://codex.wordpress.org/The_Loop#M
 == Changelog ==
 
 = 4.2.3 =
+* Fix: The "Remove all tags except the following" wasn't excluding tags as expected
 * Fix: Call `remove_all_filter()` on the `the_excerpt` hook to improve excerpt rendering
 
 = 4.2.2 =