@ Barand, Thank you,
I tried it on two sites. One resulted in a fatal error message (was able to undo) . The other site had no impact on another....
(I cant explain why all the php tags to be honest - its an older plugin originally from 2013 / 14 thereabouts. I got myself up to speed enough to customize some of the lines and code in my own site, but never picked up enough to see the efficiency or inefficiency of the original coding or excess php tags..
The plugin was or is wp-property - this is from the propertyoverview.php setup for listing properties in a list or gallery format.
I do appreciate the the info and guidance offered.
(Perhaps I am better to try and truncate from the source text field)