🛠️ Description

Broken Shortcode Finder scans your WordPress content—including posts, pages, and custom post types—to detect orphaned shortcodes: shortcodes that exist in your content but no longer have a registered handler.

Perfect for cleaning up migrated, outdated, or deactivated plugins and themes.

🔍 Key Features

• 📄 Scans all post types for unused or broken shortcodes

• 🧱 Detects shortcodes inside Gutenberg blocks (e.g., code, HTML, shortcode blocks)

• 📌 Displays where each broken shortcode appears in your content

• ⚙️ Extendable via filters for custom post types

• 💡 Lightweight and easy to use

• ✅ No front-end impact — runs entirely in the admin area

🚀 Installation

1. Upload the plugin files to /wp-content/plugins/broken-shortcode-finder-cp, or install via the Plugins screen in WordPress.

2. Activate the plugin through the Plugins menu.

3. Go to Tools → Broken Shortcode Finder to begin scanning your site.

❓ Frequently Asked Questions

📦 What types of content does it scan?

By default, the plugin scans:

• Posts (post)

• Pages (page)

You can extend scanning to other post types using the bsfr_content_types filter.

🧱 Does it work with Gutenberg blocks?

Yes! It’s built to detect shortcodes inside:

• core/html blocks

• core/code blocks

• core/preformatted

• core/shortcode

This ensures accurate results even in block-based content.