If your WordPress website has hundreds of posts, it is better to disable WordPress post revisions. You should also get rid of posts revisions to significantly lower the number of records in the database. Run the following MySQL query to delete all post revisions as well as all associated meta data such as custom fields. It will reduce the size of the database and speed up the website.
Once you stop using a plugin or the shortcode, you will still have it littered across blog posts and pages. This means you will have [shortcode] visible in posts and hurting the website’s aesthetics. Deleting unused shortcodes from each blog post is a long and tedious process.