Completely uninstall/remove Hummingbird

Hi @wordupall,

I hope you are doing well today!

Hummingbird does include an inbuilt feature to remove all its data upon uninstallation. Here’s the process:

1. Login to your WordPress dashboard.
2. Go to ‘Hummingbird’ > ‘Settings’ > ‘Data & Settings’.
3. Scroll down to find the Uninstallation->Data->Remove option and enable it. Uninstallation->Settings->Reset will also help to remove the plugin settings.
4. Lastly, go to your plugins list, deactivate Hummingbird, and select ‘Delete’ to remove it.

https://wpmudev.com/docs/wpmu-dev-plugins/hummingbird/#data-settings

By toggling those options, you ensure that all the Hummingbird settings and data are completely removed when the plugin is deleted from your WordPress dashboard. This will leave no trace of it to conflict with your new caching plugin that you intend to install.

Please make sure to backup any necessary data before removing the plugin as the operation is not reversible.

After this, you can install your new caching plugin as desired, remembering to correctly configure the settings for Object Cache and Opcode Cache to utilize your server-side caches.

Please let us know if you need further help or clarification.

Kind regards,
Zafer

Hello Zafer, thank you very much for your answer/instructions. I have now come across the following page, which also offers a description for uninstalling Hummingbird: https://tipsnfreeware-com.translate.goog/safely-uninstall-hummingbird-plugin-from-your-site/?_x_tr_sl=en&_x_tr_tl=de&_x_tr_hl=de&_x_tr_pto=sc#google_vignette

Would you agree with this extended description, because it now makes me a little unsettled? Thank you in advance for your feedback.
Kind regards,
Klaus

• This reply was modified 11 months, 3 weeks ago by Press.Fan.
• This reply was modified 11 months, 3 weeks ago by Press.Fan.

Hi @wordupall,

In general, the steps mentioned in our initial reply should be enough. Once you enable the mentioned setting, then deactivating & deleting the Hummingbird plugin should be enough. This action will effectively remove all data from the database and files such as those in the .htaccess or wp-config.php file, among others.

What’s mentioned in the given article should also get removed out of the box, unless there are any restrictions or permissions that may be hindering the plugin from implementing these changes

Best Regards,

Nithin

Hello,
please excuse me for just getting in touch now. Thank you for the excellent support and information.

Best Regards, Klaus

Hi @wordupall

You are welcome, I am marking this as resolved but feel free to let us know if you have any additional questions.

Best Regards
Patrick Freitas