Title: Accidentally Deleted Plugin
Last modified: April 21, 2019

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# Accidentally Deleted Plugin

 *  Resolved [chriszoukis](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chriszoukis/)
 * (@chriszoukis)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/accidentally-deleted-plugin/)
 * I accidentally deleted the plugin, but the menus are still on the backend and
   the code is still on the respective pages. When I reinstall and activate the 
   plugin, I still don’t see the menus appearing, just the code.
 * For example, at [https://www.prisonerresource.com/prison-survival-guide/](https://www.prisonerresource.com/prison-survival-guide/)
   I see the following code at the top of the page:
 * [shortmenu menu=”Prison Survival Guide” enhance=”true” submenu_color=”#000000″
   submenu_anchor_color=”#e0e0e0″ submenu_anchor_hover_color=”#ffffff” submenu_transparency
   =”0.8″ arrow=”false” is_responsive=”true” ]
 * What do I need to do to make this render the appropriate menu?
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Faccidentally-deleted-plugin%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Plugin Author [Gagan Deep Singh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gagan0123/)
 * (@gagan0123)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/accidentally-deleted-plugin/#post-11452478)
 * [@chriszoukis](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chriszoukis/)
 * Can you try saving the menu again when the plugin is active?
 * WordPress filters the content of menu items and this plugin changes that behaviour
   a bit, so if you saved menus after deactivating the plugin, you might need to
   add those menu items again.
 * Let me me know if that worked or not, I’ll be happy to help you out finding solution.
 *  Thread Starter [chriszoukis](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chriszoukis/)
 * (@chriszoukis)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/accidentally-deleted-plugin/#post-11452485)
 * I just resaved the menu. The code is still visible on the page and the menus 
   are still in the backend, but the menus are not appearing on the page in question
   where the code is.
 * Do I need to do something in the menus portion of WordPress to make them active
   again? I see the shortcode box now, but don’t know if I need to put something
   in there.
 *  Thread Starter [chriszoukis](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chriszoukis/)
 * (@chriszoukis)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/accidentally-deleted-plugin/#post-11454314)
 * Mr. Singh,
 * Are you available for private consultation and troubleshooting?
 *  Plugin Author [Gagan Deep Singh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gagan0123/)
 * (@gagan0123)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/accidentally-deleted-plugin/#post-11454406)
 * [@chriszoukis](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chriszoukis/)
 * We do not accept any hire offers on this support forum, though you can try [https://jobs.wordpress.net/](https://jobs.wordpress.net/)
   for any paid support/consulting.
 * About the issue, I tested it out on my local install. When we save the menu when
   the plugin is not active, WordPress simply filters out the shortcode, and upon
   re-activating the plugin, it does not comes back because shortcode is not there
   in the database anymore.
 * So after re-activating the plugin, you’ll need to manually add those menu items
   again and they’ll work just fine.
 * In the code you shared, inverted commas are off, could be because of support 
   forums, so here’s how it should be
    [https://gist.github.com/gagan0123/9578281e6889321699919bb86ffca6fc](https://gist.github.com/gagan0123/9578281e6889321699919bb86ffca6fc)
 * Make sure the plugin is active(I know you should have already, but still) and
   you add those menu items again manually and then save the menu. If it still does
   not work, it means some other plugin which was handling the shortcode, isn’t 
   active. This plugin does not provide any shortcodes(apart from one thats for 
   testing).
 *  Plugin Author [Gagan Deep Singh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gagan0123/)
 * (@gagan0123)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/accidentally-deleted-plugin/#post-11459913)
 * [@chriszoukis](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chriszoukis/)
 * Were you able to get it working?
 * I’d like this plugin to be working for everyone 🙂

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 * Last reply from: [Gagan Deep Singh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gagan0123/)
 * Last activity: [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/accidentally-deleted-plugin/#post-11459913)
 * Status: resolved