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Using Pruneline

Elementor editor panel

See the shortcodes on a page, and whether each one works, while you edit it in Elementor.

A shortcode whose plugin is gone shows as raw text, such as [booking_form], on the page. In the Elementor editor, you'd only notice it in the preview. Pruneline adds a small box in the bottom corner of the Elementor editor that lists the page's shortcodes and whether each one works.

Use the panel

  1. Open a page in Elementor.
  2. In the bottom corner of the editor, the box reads Shortcodes on this page: 3 (1 not working), or No shortcodes on this page.
  3. Click the line to open the list. Each shortcode shows Works or Not registered.
  4. Remove or replace the ones that don't work, then click Update. The panel refreshes after each save.

The panel reads the shortcodes in Shortcode, Text Editor and HTML widgets, as the page was last saved.

With Bracketline

Bracketline, our free shortcode audit, knows which plugin each shortcode belongs to. While it is active, the panel also shows:

  • the plugin that handles the shortcode, or used to;
  • Orphaned: shows as raw text for a shortcode no plugin handles any more;
  • a link on each shortcode to its page in Bracketline's audit (for administrators), where you can hide it on the front end.

Without Bracketline, when a shortcode doesn't work, the list offers it with a Get Bracketline link (for people who can install plugins).

Note

Some plugins register their shortcodes only on the pages that use them. Such a shortcode can show as Not registered in the editor and still work for visitors. Check the page in the preview, or with Bracketline active.

Turn it off

Go to Settings → Pruneline, untick List the page's shortcodes in the Elementor editor, and whether each one works, and click Save Changes.