Removing Plugins

  • In general, is it sufficient to deactivate and delete a plugin’s files under wp-content/plugins/PLUGINNAME to completely remove it (e.g. all files, database entries, etc.)? Or, could there still be lingering effects in a WP install from not completely removing a plugin (e.g. slower page loads)?

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  • if you delete the plugin like that then no database entries won’t be deleted.

    However not every plugin includes an uninstall routine, and hence a lot of them leave behind traces in the database.

    But in theory there shouldn’t be anything left to cause slower page loads.

    Each plugin could be different like any application.
    Some do have an Uninstall to remove files and/or database entries. Many do not create these to begin with so there are no issues. Still some do and never remove them. Do these effect performance? Rarely.

    Do these effect performance? Rarely.

    I’ve come across quite a few cases where an apparently inactive, or even supposedly deleted, plugin has continued to cause problems. The only fix in these situations is to carry out a plugin folder reset via PHPMyadmin.

    Thread Starter trentscott1

    (@trentscott1)

    Thank you all for your reply.

    Which tables in the DB can I alter to “do a plugin folder reset”?

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