Remove Empty Shortcodes
Automatically removes empty or inactive shortcodes from your content while preserving your original database entries.
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Stale • Last updated 254 days ago • 1 reviews
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Description
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
Installation
- Upload
remove-empty-shortcodesto your/wp-content/plugins/directory - Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
- That’s it! No configuration needed
Frequently Asked Questions
No. The plugin only filters content when it’s displayed. Your original content remains unchanged in the database.
Since your original content is preserved, the shortcodes will start working again automatically when you reinstall the plugin that handles them.
Yes, the plugin works with any WordPress shortcode, whether from themes or plugins.
No. The plugin only removes shortcodes that are either unregistered or produce no output.
No. The plugin works automatically once activated.
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0.7.0
- Update support for WordPress 6.8
0.6.0
- Added support for multi-line shortcode detection
- Added a banner and icon for the WP plugin repository
- Improved handling of unregistered shortcodes
- Updated shortcode pattern matching
- Removed Composer dependencies
- Enhanced performance and reliability
0.5.0
- Added latest version of PHPStan
- Fixed page content processing
- Updated namespace structure
0.4.0
- Added page post type support
- Fixed subscriber content handling
0.3.0
- Initial public release
- Added standard post type support
- Improved shortcode detection