Clean unused shortcodes for WordPress Plugin Directory
Clean unused shortcodes is a WordPress app, with a 4.4 average rating from 7 reviews, as of Aug 31, 2026.
Clean unused shortcodes is a WordPress Plugin Directory app by Amr Abdelkarem. With a rating of 4.4★ from 7 reviews.
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Clean unused shortcodes is a well-rated WordPress app with a limited review volume. Category data on the canonical marketplace listing is currently incomplete, so AppRanks falls back to platform-wide rather than category-relative comparison for this listing. 7 reviews put it in the early-traction tier — useful for early-stage stores willing to be on the leading edge. Early-traction review counts are sensitive to single launch periods or feature events, so a 30-day re-check before bigger commitments often resolves whether the trend is sustained. Paid-only pricing means evaluating fit on the marketplace listing or via the developer's documentation before installing. AppRanks tracks rating, review count, pricing tier, and category position daily — the figures on this page reflect the most recent scrape from the canonical WordPress Plugin Directory listing.
Pros
- +Published by Amr Abdelkarem — established developer track record
Cons
- −Limited review base (7) — ratings can shift significantly with new feedback
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How Clean unused shortcodes works
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Clean unused shortcodes helps you find and remove shortcode tags left behind by old plugins, themes, or page builders — without hunting through posts one by one.
The tool lives under Tools → Clean unused shortcodes. Choose which public post types to scan, review the results, preview changes, then clean individual shortcodes or run a bulk cleanup.
Highlights
Scan by post type — posts, pages, and other public types (media/attachments excluded).
Three result tabs — unused (unregistered) shortcodes, used (registered and found), and registered but unused.
Content and excerpts — scans both fields and shows where each shortcode appears.
Batched operations — scan and clean large sites in chunks with a progress bar and cancel option.
Incremental scan — optionally rescan only posts modified since the last run.
Dry-run preview — see before/after snippets per post before saving.
Protected shortcodes — allowlist tags you never want removed (e.g. caption, embed).
Skip on clean all — exclude specific shortcodes from bulk cleanup.
Gutenberg-aware — removes empty wp:shortcode blocks after the inner shortcode is stripped.
Hyphenated names — detects shortcodes like [my-slider] as well as [gallery].
Who is this for?
Sites that deactivated plugins but still have [shortcode] tags in content.
Editors who want a clear list of where each tag appears before deleting.
Administrators cleaning up legacy content on staging before going live.
Always back up your database (or test on staging) before running bulk clean operations.
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Frequently asked questions
What is Clean unused shortcodes?
Clean unused shortcodes is an app for WordPress. It currently holds a 4.4-star rating from 7 merchant reviews, and AppRanks has been tracking its public marketplace data on the refresh cadence published in our methodology. AppRanks tracks its category position, review-velocity trend, and the top alternatives in the same space. Developed by Amr Abdelkarem.