diff --git a/hugolib/page.go b/hugolib/page.go
index 37bf528c759..9f0d08ca351 100644
--- a/hugolib/page.go
+++ b/hugolib/page.go
@@ -909,6 +909,7 @@ func (p *pageState) shiftToOutputFormat(isRenderingSite bool, idx int) error {
 				}
 				return cp, nil
 			})
+			p.pageOutput.contentRenderer = lcp
 			p.pageOutput.ContentProvider = lcp
 			p.pageOutput.TableOfContentsProvider = lcp
 			p.pageOutput.PageRenderProvider = lcp
diff --git a/hugolib/page__output.go b/hugolib/page__output.go
index 41332347797..4ef78b61262 100644
--- a/hugolib/page__output.go
+++ b/hugolib/page__output.go
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ type pageOutput struct {
 
 	// These interface provides the functionality that is specific for this
 	// output format.
+	contentRenderer page.ContentRenderer
 	pagePerOutputProviders
 	page.ContentProvider
 	page.TableOfContentsProvider
@@ -94,10 +95,12 @@ func (p *pageOutput) initContentProvider(cp *pageContentOutput) {
 	if cp == nil {
 		return
 	}
+	p.contentRenderer = cp
 	p.ContentProvider = cp
 	p.TableOfContentsProvider = cp
 	p.PageRenderProvider = cp
 	p.cp = cp
+
 }
 
 func (p *pageOutput) enablePlaceholders() {
diff --git a/hugolib/page__per_output.go b/hugolib/page__per_output.go
index de70047c9f7..e8dc6950766 100644
--- a/hugolib/page__per_output.go
+++ b/hugolib/page__per_output.go
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ func newPageContentOutput(p *pageState, po *pageOutput) (*pageContentOutput, err
 		isHTML := cp.p.m.markup == "html"
 
 		if !isHTML {
-			r, err := cp.renderContent(cp.workContent, true)
+			r, err := po.contentRenderer.RenderContent(cp.workContent, true)
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ func newPageContentOutput(p *pageState, po *pageOutput) (*pageContentOutput, err
 				}
 			}
 		} else if cp.p.m.summary != "" {
-			b, err := cp.renderContent([]byte(cp.p.m.summary), false)
+			b, err := po.contentRenderer.RenderContent([]byte(cp.p.m.summary), false)
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
@@ -629,7 +629,7 @@ func (p *pageContentOutput) setAutoSummary() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (cp *pageContentOutput) renderContent(content []byte, renderTOC bool) (converter.Result, error) {
+func (cp *pageContentOutput) RenderContent(content []byte, renderTOC bool) (converter.Result, error) {
 	if err := cp.initRenderHooks(); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/hugolib/shortcode.go b/hugolib/shortcode.go
index a10afe2bcc9..2951a143608 100644
--- a/hugolib/shortcode.go
+++ b/hugolib/shortcode.go
@@ -381,19 +381,8 @@ func renderShortcode(
 		// Pre Hugo 0.55 this was the behaviour even for the outer-most
 		// shortcode.
 		if sc.doMarkup && (level > 0 || sc.configVersion() == 1) {
-
-			cp := p.pageOutput.cp
-			if cp == nil {
-				var err error
-				cp, err = newPageContentOutput(p, p.pageOutput)
-				if err != nil {
-					return "", false, err
-				}
-				p.pageOutput.initContentProvider(cp)
-			}
-
 			var err error
-			b, err := p.pageOutput.cp.renderContent([]byte(inner), false)
+			b, err := p.pageOutput.contentRenderer.RenderContent([]byte(inner), false)
 			if err != nil {
 				return "", false, err
 			}
diff --git a/resources/page/page.go b/resources/page/page.go
index 50459c4655f..f9b8fdcec70 100644
--- a/resources/page/page.go
+++ b/resources/page/page.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import (
 	"html/template"
 
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/identity"
+	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/markup/converter"
 
 	"github.com/bep/gitmap"
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/config"
@@ -105,6 +106,11 @@ type ContentProvider interface {
 	Len() int
 }
 
+// ContentRenderer provides the content rendering methods for some content.
+type ContentRenderer interface {
+	RenderContent(content []byte, renderTOC bool) (converter.Result, error)
+}
+
 // FileProvider provides the source file.
 type FileProvider interface {
 	File() source.File
diff --git a/resources/page/page_lazy_contentprovider.go b/resources/page/page_lazy_contentprovider.go
index ba4f8f8ef77..2e4ddc35272 100644
--- a/resources/page/page_lazy_contentprovider.go
+++ b/resources/page/page_lazy_contentprovider.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import (
 	"html/template"
 
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/lazy"
+	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/markup/converter"
 )
 
 // OutputFormatContentProvider represents the method set that is "outputFormat aware" and that we
@@ -24,6 +25,14 @@ import (
 // Note that this set is currently not complete, but should cover the most common use cases.
 // For the others, the implementation will be from the page.NoopPage.
 type OutputFormatContentProvider interface {
+	OutputFormatPageContentProvider
+
+	// for internal use.
+	ContentRenderer
+}
+
+// OutputFormatPageContentProvider holds the exported methods from Page that are "outputFormat aware".
+type OutputFormatPageContentProvider interface {
 	ContentProvider
 	TableOfContentsProvider
 	PageRenderProvider
@@ -46,7 +55,7 @@ type LazyContentProvider struct {
 func NewLazyContentProvider(f func() (OutputFormatContentProvider, error)) *LazyContentProvider {
 	lcp := LazyContentProvider{
 		init: lazy.New(),
-		cp:   NopPage,
+		cp:   NopCPageContentRenderer,
 	}
 	lcp.init.Add(func() (any, error) {
 		cp, err := f()
@@ -122,3 +131,8 @@ func (lcp *LazyContentProvider) TableOfContents() template.HTML {
 	lcp.init.Do()
 	return lcp.cp.TableOfContents()
 }
+
+func (lcp *LazyContentProvider) RenderContent(content []byte, renderTOC bool) (converter.Result, error) {
+	lcp.init.Do()
+	return lcp.cp.RenderContent(content, renderTOC)
+}
diff --git a/resources/page/page_nop.go b/resources/page/page_nop.go
index cdc5fd8b160..df3227f0a4d 100644
--- a/resources/page/page_nop.go
+++ b/resources/page/page_nop.go
@@ -16,10 +16,12 @@
 package page
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"html/template"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/identity"
+	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/markup/converter"
 
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/hugofs/files"
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/tpl"
@@ -41,7 +43,15 @@ import (
 )
 
 var (
-	NopPage Page = new(nopPage)
+	NopPage                 Page            = new(nopPage)
+	NopContentRenderer      ContentRenderer = new(nopContentRenderer)
+	NopCPageContentRenderer                 = struct {
+		OutputFormatPageContentProvider
+		ContentRenderer
+	}{
+		NopPage,
+		NopContentRenderer,
+	}
 	NilPage *nopPage
 )
 
@@ -513,3 +523,10 @@ func (p *nopPage) WordCount() int {
 func (p *nopPage) GetIdentity() identity.Identity {
 	return identity.NewPathIdentity("content", "foo/bar.md")
 }
+
+type nopContentRenderer int
+
+func (r *nopContentRenderer) RenderContent(content []byte, renderTOC bool) (converter.Result, error) {
+	b := &bytes.Buffer{}
+	return b, nil
+}