Remove Empty Shortcodes
by tommcfarlin on WordPress.org
Automatically removes empty or inactive shortcodes from your content while preserving your original database entries.
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Remove Empty Shortcodes helps maintain clean content by removing shortcodes that no longer work or generate output. This commonly happens when:
- You’ve deactivated a plugin that provided shortcodes
- You’re trying different plugins and some left behind inactive shortcodes
- You have shortcodes from plugins that weren’t properly uninstalled
Key Features
- Automatically removes inactive shortcodes from displayed content
- Preserves your original content in the database
- Works with both posts and pages
- Handles both self-closing and wrapped shortcodes
- Zero configuration required
How It Works
The plugin checks your content for shortcodes when pages are displayed. If it finds shortcodes that:
* Don’t produce any output
* Aren’t registered with WordPress
* Are empty or inactive
It removes them from the displayed content while keeping your original content intact in the database.
Use Cases
- Clean up content after removing plugins that used shortcodes
- Remove inactive shortcodes without editing posts manually
- Maintain clean content for readers and search engines
- Preserve original content in case you reinstall removed plugins
Active installations0+
Weekly downloads
17+0.00%
Version0.7.0
Last updated4/21/2025
WordPress version5.0
Tested up to6.8.1
PHP version7.4
Tags
cleanupcontentcontent managementmaintenanceshortcodes