Reset nextgen to default –> Complete WordPress is dead! HELP!!!

… Oh… I need advice in getting the page back up… A fresh reinstall is not really an option…

OK… Managed to get the page back up:
Had to FTP to the site and delete the nextGen-Plugin-Folder.

So whats the matter with this dreaded “reset settings to default” in NextGen if it breaks a complete WordPress-Site!?!?!

Now, Even if i removed the plugin with FTP and reinstall & activate it fresh over the Plugin-Manager, the site breaks again. Reproducible…

Also tryed to remove the ngg and ngg_styles without success –> As soon as the Nextgen is in, the page breaks completely.

Was all OK before resetting Nextgen to default…
So the question is:
How to get NextGen to work without breaking my WordPress completely??

OK.. Solution for the ones who will find this thread in 3 years:
I had ewww image optimizer installed as plugin.
Somehow nextgen killed this plugin while setting itself back tp default.
Uninstalling ewww and reinstalling ewww helped.

closed.

@orngrimm – Thanks for sharing. It was the EWWW plugin, we are aware of it causing sites to break if it is installed prior to NextGEN Gallery being activated and have advised its author what needs to be changed. We understood this has been corrected, are you using the latest version of EWWW? If yes, then please contact its author for additional assistance on this matter.

Thanks, again!

– Cais.

I cannot tell what version was installed at time of the incident.
I removed it later on…
But now i have the newest version installed (Installed AFTER NextGen) and it works.

Looks like a reset acts the same as a new install in matter of killing ewww:
Nextgen gets reset or installed while ewww is active –> Your site goes down in its entirety.

@orngrimm – EWWW Image Optimizer has been problematic for some time now, and it appears it may not just be NextGEN Gallery that is being affected by it.

Please let the other plugin author know your findings and hopefully this can get cleared up.

Thanks!

– Cais.