Clean unused shortcodes

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Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 66% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

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At the current install trend, crossing 400+ in roughly 121 days.

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1. ★★★★★ icreation

   8mo ago

   I had some old code from Bakery Builder, and it was all over my site. This plugin got rid of it in seconds. Well done. This topic was modified 6 months, 1 week ago by icreation.

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2. ★★★★★ Ally Drez

   1.2y ago

   Installed, Activated, Ran “Clean up unused shortcodes” and voila. The site had no more shortcode residue from Divi theme. THANK YOU!

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3. ★★★★★ transit54

   1.2y ago

   I imported posts from a client site which previously used Divi, so they were littered with Divi shortcodes. I tried a few Divi shortcode cleaner plugins while they removed some of the shortcodes, there were will many remaining. This plugin worked quickly to remove all of remaining ones – I’d highly recommend it for this purpose (just remember to backup your database before you attempt anything like this!).

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4. ★★★★★ yumigo

   1.3y ago

   Does what it says. After migrating a 200 pages/posts site from a wpbakery page builder to another framework, I had plenty of all [vcrow] etc. This plugin cleaned my contents in seconds. Underrated plugin, thank you so much ! Saves a lot of time and efforts

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5. ★★★★★ gordonium

   1.3y ago

   Simple plugin that worked quickly and did exactly what we needed. Will use again!

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6. ★★★★★ freelancesgroup

   1.4y ago

   It is installed and with a single click it cleans the entire shortcode.

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7. ★★★★★ pagrob

   3.7y ago

   after starting the scan you only see a white screen, you just have to wait for the process to finish to see the relative message and then don’t remove any short code become to [spotifyplaybutton play=”… This topic was modified 3 years, 6 months ago by pagrob. This topic was modified 3 years, 6 months ago by pagrob. This topic was modified 3 years, 6 months ago by pagrob.

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Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2026-08-13 200+ → 300+ up after 132 days in tier
2. 2026-04-03 100+ → 200+ up after 1 days in tier
3. 2026-04-02 200+ → 100+ down after 1 days in tier
4. 2026-04-01 100+ → 200+ up after 166 days in tier
5. 2025-10-17 90+ → 100+ up after 18 days in tier
6. 2025-09-29 80+ → 90+ up after 2 days in tier
7. 2025-09-27 90+ → 80+ down after 7 days in tier
8. 2025-09-20 80+ → 90+ up after 23 days in tier

Competes with

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• Redux Framework 900K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag A

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Clean unused shortcodes: 300+ active installs, 4.4★ (7 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/clean-unused-shortcodes