Title: Deactivating plugin leaves shortcode in all posts
Last modified: November 30, 2018

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# Deactivating plugin leaves shortcode in all posts

 *  Resolved [danniee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/danniee/)
 * (@danniee)
 * [7 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deactivating-plugin-leaves-shortcode-in-all-posts/)
 * Hi,
 * I just noticed that when I deactivate the plugin it leaves the Ulike shortcode
   in all my articles. Is there anyway to have this removed automatically when I
   remove the plugin or do I really have to edit every single post and page manually??

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 *  [kjodle](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kjodle/)
 * (@kjodle)
 * [7 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deactivating-plugin-leaves-shortcode-in-all-posts/#post-10936178)
 * > do I really have to edit every single post and page manually
 * Yes. The plugin doesn’t add the shortcode; it just parses the shortcode. You 
   added the shortcode, so you have to remove them.
 * If you are handy with MySQL queries, you could remove them from the database 
   directly with a single query, however.
 *  Thread Starter [danniee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/danniee/)
 * (@danniee)
 * [7 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deactivating-plugin-leaves-shortcode-in-all-posts/#post-10936181)
 * Wait, what? I didnt add any shortcode. The plugin does automatically? If I knew,
   I would never have installed it.
 * And I have no clue what to type in mysql so this is major problem for me.
 *  Plugin Author [Alimir](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alimir/)
 * (@alimir)
 * [7 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deactivating-plugin-leaves-shortcode-in-all-posts/#post-10937100)
 * [@danniee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/danniee/)
    This plugin does not
   add any shortcode or other string to your content. The display of the button 
   is done through hook only.
 *  Thread Starter [danniee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/danniee/)
 * (@danniee)
 * [7 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deactivating-plugin-leaves-shortcode-in-all-posts/#post-10937125)
 * [@alimir](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alimir/) do you have any idea at
   all why deactivating the plugin leaves a [wp_ulike] shortcode in all posts? I
   have not added the shortcode manually.
 * I can’t even remove it by editing the article because it doesn’t show in edit
   mode, only in normal view.
    -  This reply was modified 7 years, 6 months ago by [danniee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/danniee/).
    -  This reply was modified 7 years, 6 months ago by [danniee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/danniee/).
    -  This reply was modified 7 years, 6 months ago by [danniee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/danniee/).
 *  Thread Starter [danniee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/danniee/)
 * (@danniee)
 * [7 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deactivating-plugin-leaves-shortcode-in-all-posts/#post-10937143)
 * [@alimir](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alimir/) I think maybe this thread
   I started before might be a clue but I still can’t solve it.
 * [https://wordpress.org/support/topic/make-button-only-appear-in-specifik-post-category/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/make-button-only-appear-in-specifik-post-category/)
 * *Edit: went through all files and found nothing related to ulike or ‘review’.
    -  This reply was modified 7 years, 6 months ago by [danniee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/danniee/).
 *  Thread Starter [danniee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/danniee/)
 * (@danniee)
 * [7 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deactivating-plugin-leaves-shortcode-in-all-posts/#post-10937174)
 * Stupid me. I have added the shortcode to a posts widget. Sorry for wasting your
   time :/
 *  Plugin Author [Alimir](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alimir/)
 * (@alimir)
 * [7 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deactivating-plugin-leaves-shortcode-in-all-posts/#post-10938386)
 * [@danniee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/danniee/) It’s ok :))

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