# What breaks - Pruneline 1.x documentation

> Before you remove a plugin or theme, see the content and data that depend on it.

The **What breaks** tab of **Tools → Pruneline** answers one question per plugin: what stops working, or stays behind, if it goes? It lists every installed plugin and theme, and deleted ones Pruneline read while they were installed.

![What breaks: for each plugin and theme, the blocks, widgets, shortcodes, scheduled events and leftover data that depend on it.](https://storage.extendiment.com/media/871/screenshot-6.png)

## Check a plugin before you remove it

1. Go to **Tools → Pruneline** and run a scan, so the counts are current.
2. Open **What breaks** and find the plugin. Click **Active** at the top to show only active ones.
3. Hover over it and click **Details** to see each block, widget, shortcode, scheduled event or leftover item, by name, with how many places use it.
4. Fix those places first, or keep the plugin.

## The columns

| Column | What it counts |
|---|---|
| **Plugin or theme** | Its name. Themes have **(theme)** after the name. |
| **Status** | **Active**, **Inactive** or **Deleted**. |
| **Blocks in use** | Places that use its blocks. |
| **Elementor widgets in use** | Places that use its Elementor widgets. |
| **Shortcodes in use** | Places that use its shortcodes. Only counted while Bracketline is active (see below). |
| **Scheduled events** | Its scheduled events that are waiting to run. |
| **Leftover data** | Options, tables and meta it left behind. Only for inactive and deleted plugins. |

Use the views **Active**, **Inactive** and **Deleted** to narrow the list. Inactive themes with nothing depending on them are left out.

## After a plugin is gone

Switch to **Inactive** or **Deleted** to see what a removed plugin still affects: the blocks and widgets now missing from your pages, and its leftover data. From there:

- Missing blocks: see [Blocks](blocks).
- Missing widgets: see [Page builders and templates](page-builders).
- Leftover data and scheduled events: see [Leftover data and cleanup](leftover-data).

## Shortcodes

Pruneline doesn't audit shortcodes in general. With Bracketline, our free shortcode audit, active, **Shortcodes in use** counts the places that use each plugin's shortcodes, including shortcodes of plugins that are gone, from Bracketline's last scan.

> [!NOTE]
> Pruneline can only name a deleted plugin if it read the plugin's code while it was still installed. A plugin deleted before you installed Pruneline isn't listed, and what it left behind shows with an unknown owner.

## Related

- [Leftover data and cleanup](leftover-data)
- [Blocks](blocks)
- [Elementor](elementor)

Source: https://extendiment.com/plugins/pruneline/docs/1.x/what-breaks