A couple of weeks ago, I shared Remove Empty Shortcodes 1.1.0, which improved the plugin to do the one thing it exists for again: strip out the inactive shortcodes a deactivated plugin or page builder leaves behind. It worked. It just didn’t work everywhere.

1.2.0 is where “everywhere” finally means everywhere.

The Fix I Thought I’d Finished

In 1.1.0, I brought back removal of unregistered shortcodes. Case in point: Drop a post full of and from a retired builder, open it, and the junk was gone while your actual copy stayed put.

Except the clean up was

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