Leaves crap behind after plugin removed | WordPress.org

Resolved Ilari Arovuo
(@iarovuo)

11 months ago
@davidanderson This plugin leaves garbage behind after it’s deleted !!!

One of the key things all plugins MUST do – clean your*** if you get deleted!

This plugin leaves stuff in options table, cron schedules, files, folders and other crap behind.
- This topic was modified 11 months ago by Steven Stern (sterndata). Reason: removed vulgarity

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Plugin Support vupdraft
(@vupdraft)

11 months ago

Please see here for our guide on this: https://updraftplus.com/faqs/does-updraftplus-delete-all-its-settings-when-it-is-de-installed/

Thread Starter Ilari Arovuo
(@iarovuo)

10 months, 4 weeks ago

I disagree. The logic should be to clean after itself by DEFAULT.

If someone wants to retain the settings, there could be a tick-box for it.

Because many of the websites do NOT have this plugin anymore, they still contain the crap from this plugin. In order to clean those websites across internet, people would need to reinstall the plugin, use wipe button, and delete the plugin again. – It should not be like this.

Plugin Support vupdraft
(@vupdraft)

10 months, 3 weeks ago

I think perhaps when you opt to deactivate and delete the plugin, there should be an option to remove, for example, all DB entries (and everything else associated with the plugin)?

Would this be a suitable compromise (I can add it to our development board)?

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