Scott Reilly

<p>By default in WordPress, if the plugin that provides the functionality to handle any given shortcode is disabled, or if a shortcode is improperly defined in the content (such as with a typo), then the shortcode in question will appear on the site in its entirety, unprocessed by WordPress. At best this reveals unsightly code-like text to visitors and at worst can potentially expose information not intended to be seen by visitors.</p>
<p>This plugin prevents unhandled shortcodes from appearing in the content of a post or page. If the shortcode is of the self-closing variety, then the shortcode tag and its attributes are not displayed and nothing is shown in their place. If the shortcode is of the enclosing variety (an opening and closing tag bookend some text or markup), then the text that is being enclosed will be shown, but the shortcode tag and attributes that surround the text will not be displayed.</p>
<p>See the Filters section for more customization tips.</p>
<p>Links: <a href="https://coffee2code.com/wp-plugins/hide-broken-shortcodes/" rel="nofollow ugc">Plugin Homepage</a> | <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/hide-broken-shortcodes/" rel="ugc">Plugin Directory Page</a> | <a href="https://github.com/coffee2code/hide-broken-shortcodes/" rel="nofollow ugc">GitHub</a> | <a href="https://coffee2code.com" rel="nofollow ugc">Author Homepage</a></p>
<h3>Developer Documentation</h3>
<p>Developer documentation can be found in <a href="https://github.com/coffee2code/hide-broken-shortcodes/blob/master/DEVELOPER-DOCS.md" rel="nofollow ugc">DEVELOPER-DOCS.md</a>. That documentation covers the hooks provided by the plugin.</p>
<p>As an overview, these are the hooks provided by the plugin:</p>
<ul>
<li><code>hide_broken_shortcode</code>          : Customizes what, if anything, gets displayed when a broken shortcode is encountered.</li>
<li><code>hide_broken_shortcodes_filters</code> : Customizes what filters to hook to find text with potential broken shortcodes.</li>
</ul>


Hide Broken Shortcodes

Prevent broken shortcodes from appearing in posts and pages.

tommcfarlin

<p>Remove Empty Shortcodes helps maintain clean content by removing shortcodes that no longer work or generate output. This commonly happens when:</p>
<ul>
<li>You’ve deactivated a plugin that provided shortcodes</li>
<li>You’re trying different plugins and some left behind inactive shortcodes</li>
<li>You have shortcodes from plugins that weren’t properly uninstalled</li>
</ul>
<h4>Key Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Automatically removes inactive shortcodes from displayed content</li>
<li>Preserves your original content in the database</li>
<li>Works with both posts and pages</li>
<li>Handles both self-closing and wrapped shortcodes</li>
<li>Zero configuration required</li>
</ul>
<h4>How It Works</h4>
<p>The plugin checks your content for shortcodes when pages are displayed. If it finds shortcodes that:<br />
* Don’t produce any output<br />
* Aren’t registered with WordPress<br />
* Are empty or inactive</p>
<p>It removes them from the displayed content while keeping your original content intact in the database.</p>
<h4>Use Cases</h4>
<ul>
<li>Clean up content after removing plugins that used shortcodes</li>
<li>Remove inactive shortcodes without editing posts manually</li>
<li>Maintain clean content for readers and search engines</li>
<li>Preserve original content in case you reinstall removed plugins</li>
</ul>


Remove Empty Shortcodes

Automatically removes empty or inactive shortcodes from your content while preserving your original database entries.

Hide Broken Shortcodes vs Remove Empty Shortcodes