[Plugin: WP Super Cache] Cannot delete cache folder after uninstall

Put opening and closing PHP tags at the top and bottom of that file. <?php and ?>

put the code at which file and also location?
I am cracking my head and i cant find the way to do it
i would like to do a fresh installation….
Please help!!!

Put it into wp-content/t.php and then call https://yourhostname.tld/wp-content/t.php

If you see an error, you may need to add this line at above the rmdir() commands:

unlink( cache/.htaccess );

It’s not as simple as that. The supercache directory is full of subdirectories. In my case I had to use a recursive function:

<?php
function removeDir($dirname)
{
    if (!file_exists($dirname)) {
        return false;
    }
    if (is_file($dirname)) {
 	echo ("deleting: " . $dirname . '<br />');
        return unlink($dirname);
    }
    $dir = dir($dirname);
    while (false !== $entry = $dir->read()) {
        if ($entry == '.' || $entry == '..') {
            continue;
        }
        echo ("deleting: " . $dirname . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . $entry . '<br />');
        removeDir($dirname . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . $entry);
    }
    $dir->close();
    return rmdir($dirname);
}

unlink("cache/.htaccess");
removeDir("cache/meta");
removeDir("cache/supercache");
removeDir("cache");
?>

Use at your own risk.

arminbw – did you have to use that with the latest version of the plugin? The deactivate hook calls a function that clears the cache directory and does what your function above does.

Yes, I used the latest version. But generally the plugin didn’t work for me very well. Edited posts didn’t get updated and the supercache folder only contained empty subdirectories.

I will try to install the plugin on another server, where I have root access, so I can investigate this a bit..

arminbw’s PHP code is realy function, I used it and it deleted all this directories and files.

(arminbw – Thanks ?? )

I was able to delete advanced-cache.php by creating a new directory, moving the advanced-cache.php into it and deleting it.

I had a similar problem removing the files. Moving the entire directory to another directory allowed me to then delete it.

Mark