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uninstall.php file in Plugin to clean DB

I am aware that WordPress provides Plugins a nice way to clean up the db if the Plugin is deleted by providing the uninstall.php hook. You just have to place the cleaning code and it works. But my ...
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Remove .htaccess portion upon plugin deactivation?

I have a plugin that inserts some rewrite rule in the .htaccess file. However, upon deactivating it, doesn't remove said rule. The rule is nested in # BEGIN My plugin and # END My plugin. I want to ...
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How to remove links generated by SEO-smart-links?

I tried seo-smart-links plugin and it linked all my posts to tags/categories and other posts. This looks stuffing and spamming to me so I uninstalled this plugin. Now the links are still there but the ...
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Best practice way to delete user meta data during plugin uninstall?

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?
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Does plugin's uninstall.php file have access to the plugin 's object?

I read on the codex that the best way to implement a clean uninstallation functionality to a plugin is by adding a uninstall.php file inside your plugin directory. I'm wondering: can i use my ...
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Can plugin2 uninstall plugin1 at the very beginning of plugin2's installation?

As per the title. I have a new version of a plugin. It installs fine on a clean WordPress. When a user tries to install it when they have a previous version installed, the plugin does not function. ...
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Uninstall, Activate, Deactivate a plugin: typical features & how-to

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 ...
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How can I delete options with register_uninstall_hook?

Right now, I have this code: function mr_np_activate(){ // hook uninstall if ( function_exists('register_uninstall_hook') ) register_uninstall_hook(__FILE__,'mr_np_uninstall'); ...
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Uninstalling IntenseDebate

I have been using the IntenseDebate Comments plugin, but am unhappy with it and would like to uninstall. Supposedly due to the data synchronization feature, it shouldn't be a problem to just disable ...
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Is it possible to uninstall one plugin from within another plugin?

I'd like to be able to automatically uninstall certain plugins if they're detected (specifically Akismet and Hello Dolly), either by writing another plugin to do so or via my theme's functions.php ...
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Plugin uninstall: why run dbDelta after $wpdb->query($drop_sql)

i am reading professional wordpress. their code for uninstalling a plugin is //build our query to delete our custom table $sql = "DROP TABLE " . $table_name . ";"; //execute the query deleting the ...
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Does plugin uninstall always put Wordpress back into original state?

What is a plugin lifetime within a deployed instance of Wordpress? Namely: do the plugins modify existing files or do they only use defined extension points within wordpress? are plugins allowed to ...