TSO Stack Inspector Wordpress Plugin - Rating, Reviews, Demo & Download
Plugin Description
TSO Stack Inspector helps agencies and site owners answer a critical question before removing a plugin: where is it still used?
Scan posts, pages, custom post types, reusable blocks, Site Editor templates, widgets, navigation menus, and wp_options for:
- Shortcodes registered by a plugin or entered manually
- Gutenberg blocks declared by a plugin
- Post meta prefixes inferred from plugin code (including page-builder JSON meta)
Features
- By plugin — pick an installed plugin and run a batched scan before uninstall
- Risk verdict — after each scan, a clear safe / review / risk summary for uninstall decisions
- Replace (dry-run) — preview and apply shortcode/block renames in post content (batched, with confirmation and undo backups)
- Orphans — find shortcodes/blocks still in content but no longer registered
- History diff — compare two saved scans
- Inactive plugins audit — quickly see which deactivated plugins still leave traces (uses the site index)
- Shortcode finder — search any shortcode tag across the site
- Block finder — search a block namespace (e.g.
contact-form-7/contact-form-selector) - Theme scan — active or inactive themes
- Compare plugins — shared vs exclusive signatures before migrations
- Inventory — list registered shortcodes and discovered plugin signatures
- Scan history — limited, auto-pruned, with delete/clear
- Export CSV / Print PDF — download scan results, orphans, or inactive-plugin audits as CSV, or open a printable report after a scan
- Refresh signatures — rebuild the cached plugin profile without waiting 24 hours
- Options Cleaner link — jump to TSO Options & Tables Cleaner when installed to remove leftover options and tables after uninstall
- Site index — built in the background when you open the admin screen (or when you scan); reused for faster scans and audits
- Background scan — optional checkbox to keep a large scan running via WP-Cron after you close the admin tab; reopen the screen later to see the finished results
- Ignore list — hide noisy shortcodes, blocks, or meta/option keys from results
- Grouped results — scan hits grouped by location, with copy-tag and a pre-uninstall checklist
- Orphans Replace — jump from an orphan tag to the Replace tab already filled in
- Admin UI languages — English, Spanish, and Catalan in the Tools screen; community translations via translate.wordpress.org after publication
How it works
The plugin reads your content and widget options locally. It does not send data to external services. Plugin signatures (shortcodes, blocks, meta prefixes) are discovered by scanning plugin PHP sources and cached for 24 hours. The site content index is stored under uploads and rebuilt when content or settings change.
Multisite
Works on WordPress Multisite: scans, caches, and settings are per-site. Uninstalling from the network admin cleans up every site in the network, not just the main site.
Limitations
- Static code scan may miss dynamically registered shortcodes or blocks
- Meta prefix detection is heuristic; always review results before uninstalling
- Very large sites run scans in batches; tick Background scan to let a long scan keep going via WP-Cron after you close the tab, or keep the tab open otherwise
Privacy Policy
TSO Stack Inspector stores only:
- Your admin UI language preference in user meta (
tso_stack_inspector_ui_lang) - Optional scan settings in
wp_options(tso_stack_inspector_scan_settings), including history size limit - A short index of recent completed scans in
wp_options(tso_stack_inspector_scan_history) - Temporary scan job data in transients (auto-expire)
- Optional site-index cache, scan-history JSON, and replace-backup JSON under
wp-content/uploads/tso-stack-inspector/(local disk only; directory is denied via.htaccess/web.config+ emptyindex.html; removed on uninstall when possible) - Replace backup index in
wp_options(tso_stack_inspector_replace_backups, ~48h retention)
No data is transmitted to external servers. Scans run only when an administrator starts them from Tools TSO Stack Inspector.
Screenshots
Shortcode scan results grouped by location, ready to review before uninstalling a plugin.
Risk verdict banner — a clear safe / review / risk summary shown after a scan.
Inactive plugins audit — see at a glance which deactivated plugins still leave shortcodes, blocks, options, or meta behind.
Scan settings — background scan, history size limit, and ignore list.
