[Closed] How do I fully uninstall wpForo

RubiconCSL · 2023-01-19T22:29:22Z

Hi. I had a go at creating a wpForo and used the migration tool to import a largish phpBB forum. I've still not really gotten anywhere with it I'm afraid. The migration was reasonably good, but I want to now uninstall it from my site. I uninstalled the plugin, which took a suspiciously short time! Bearing in mind the number of users and posts it imported and the time that took, I'd have thought it would take longer to properly uninstall. Looking at the database, there are now 23 tables containing the string wpforo in their name. I would have expected an uninstall to tidy everything up. Surely, these tables shouldn't be there now? Can they just be dropped, or could that potentially mess up the core WP tables - are there any relationships between any other tables? Most appear to be empty, so maybe they have been truncated in the uninstall. But others are populated - one has 148,000 rows in it. Where are all of the user accounts stored? Are they mixed up with other WP users? If so, how do I identify them? Are there any files left lying around as well? I don't want to find a security hole somewhere down the line, due to old files or tables lying around that will not now get updated with any plugin updates that will now not be run. Any help is gratefully accepted. Thanks.

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Chris

Jan 20, 2023 1:35 pm

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@rubiconcsl,

How have you removed wpForo?

You have pressed Uninstall When wpForo was active in your WordPress, or Deactivate then Delete?

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Jan 20, 2023 2:25 pm

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@chris

I think I deactivated it first, then uninstalled it. But I can't be 100% sure now I'm afraid. Would it make a difference if I didn't deactivate first?

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Jan 21, 2023 9:27 am

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@rubiconcsl,

after deactivation, you can only press Delete, that deletes wpForo Files but not the tables, it's used if you're going to reinstall wpForo and dont want to lose your data.

Reactivate wpForo, then Press Uninstall(red button), in this case wpForo would remove all its data, with tables.

In case you want to say thank you !)
We'd really appreciate and be thankful if you leave a good review on plugin page. This is the best way to say thank you to this project and support team.

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