php - removing blockquote from Wordpress post -

i have following function puts content on page (images removed)

    <?php         $content = preg_replace('/(<img [^>]*>)/', '', get_the_content());         $content = wpautop($content); // add paragraph-tags         $content = str_replace('<p></p>', '', $content); // remove empty paragraphs         echo $content;     ?> 

i want remove blockquotes content not sure how adjust code

you can try :

   $content = preg_replace('/<blockquote>(.*?)<\/blockquote>/', '', get_the_content());