Hi tubella,
thanks for reaching out.
Since shortcodes are placed manually, they can’t be removed automatically. This is not just the case with Advanced Ads.
You can use a plugin to clean it up. I looked on wordpress.org and found these:
https://wordpress.org/plugins/hide-broken-shortcodes/
https://de.wordpress.org/plugins/remove-orphan-shortcodes/
I am sorry to see you disabling Advanced Ads. Please let me know if you ran into any problem with the plugin that I might be able to help with.
All the best to you and your project!
Thomas
Thanks for a prompt response!
Let me notice, that shortcodes were not placed manually.
I used only Advanced Ads placements, automatically on all posts.
I assume they shouldn’t appear after the plugin disable/uninstall.
You are right, automatic placements would not appear after you disable the plugin.
Advanced Ads placements do not write the shortcode or any other strings into the content of posts in the database. The injection happens on the fly in the frontend only.
> [the_ad_placement id=”content_h2_after”]
What placement type is “Content H2 after”? I would assume it is “manual”. This is the only placement meant to be placed manually. It would not inject an ad or the shortcode without an author doing that intentionally.
Best regards,
Thomas
Yes!
You were right! The previous website owner injected manual code into single post template file. Removed now!
Thank you.
Happy to help.
All the best to you and your project!
Thomas
