Objective As all plugin developer, I want to delete all options that begin with the same prefix. Backstory I’ve developed a plugin that stores data in the options. When the user uninstalls the plugin, the uninstall.php in the plugin executes the following code: if ( !defined( ‘WP_UNINSTALL_PLUGIN’ ) ) { exit; } delete_option( ‘myplugin_some_opt_1’ ); … Read more
What is the correct way to remove a package from Laravel using PHP Composer? So far I’ve tried: Remove declaration from file composer.json (in the “require” section) Remove any class aliases from file app.php Remove any references to the package from my code 🙂 Run composer update Run composer dump-autoload None of these options are … Read more
I recently downloaded Android Studio on my Macbook Pro and I messed up with it every time I open it. It gives me plugin errors and several other errors. I need to uninstall it completely from my mac. I tried to delete it from my mac and then install it again as if you would … Read more
If a plugin stores data in the usermeta tables what is the best practice method to delete these entries for all users in uninstall.php? I could access the database directly but is there another way? 4 s 4 You should not access the database directly, if at all possible. There are two main reasons for … Read more
today while looking inside WP Codex, I saw two ways to handle plugin uninstall scripts (like deletings, options, data, tables etc.). One way is using register_uninstall_hook() and the other is by using the simple uninstall.php. Though the codex page gives a lot of info about both of them, but it doesn’t say what is the … Read more
There is no automated uninstaller. You have to remove Eclipse manually by deleting some directories and files. Note: I use Unix style paths in this answer but the locations should be the same on Windows or Unix systems, so ~ refers to the user home directory even on Windows. Why is there no uninstaller? According … Read more
I’m making a WordPress plugin. What are typical things I should include in the uninstall feature? For example, should I delete any tables I created in the install function? Do I clean up my option entries? Anything else? There are three different hooks. They trigger in the following cases: Uninstall Deactivation Activation How-to trigger functions … Read more
