You can delete a plug-in by using FTP and deleting the plug-in from the plug-in folder.
Michael
Use Filezilla or you can add FTP credentials in wp-config.php to be able to delete from admin in the case of permission problems or host restrictions:
http://codex.wordpress.org/Editing_wp-config.php#WordPress_Upgrade_Constants
Thanks for the answers but:
RoseAppleMedia: Is what you suggest correct in terms of uninstalling completely an installation of a plugin?
songdogtech: I do not understand what you mean because my wp-config.php is already configured. Otherwise I could not have installed wordpress. Could you give me more tips?
Thanks both of you.
See the link for *extra* settings to *add* your FTP crendentials to wp-config so that working with plugins inside the admin section will work.
Sorry but I do not see any extra settings to add my ftp credential in the wp-config.php
¿where are they?
Well, I just tried including this code
[code]
<?php
define("FTP_HOST", "domain.com");
define("FTP_USER", "ftpusername");
define("FTP_PASS", "ftppassword");
?>
[/code]
in the wp-config.php file
with the same values as the ones used in filezilla to upload files to the server. But it seems wordpress does not recognize these ftp details as valid. Why doesn’t it see them as valid? They are the ones that work in filezilla to upload files.
Thanks
Try making the domain http://ftp.domain.com instead?
Certain kinds of FTP don’t allow access like that via PHP so you may have to do it manually. Sucks but that’s security for you.
The following code has not worked either.
[code]
<?php
define("FTP_HOST", "http://ftp.domain.com");
define("FTP_USER", "ftpusername");
define("FTP_PASS", "ftppassword");
?>
[/code]
According to the error message it seems as if the FTP details were not correct because it says that the connection to the server failed even though I am still able to upload files to the server via filezilla.
Any other idea?
Thanks
UGH! remove the http:// bit before FTP. Stupid forum autocorrects!
Thanks.
I had already tried that before but now that you mentioned, I tried it again just in case but it did not work either.
Any other idea?
Thanks
Yeah. As I mentioned before:
Certain kinds of FTP don’t allow access like that via PHP so you may have to do it manually. Sucks but that’s security for you.
Which means: Your server may not allow this sort of connection. Delete it manually.
Question
Does this method have any problem? I mean, removing the folder manually via ftp. I thought that the uninstalling option from wordpress might do some more things besides removing the folder of the plugin.
Thanks
No. Deactivating the plugin will do whatever needs to be done. Deleting is just deleting 🙂
Ok, the thing is that i removed the plugin i wanted like you just mentioned. I wanted to remove it because i had not been able to activate it properly and i thought removing it and uploading it again would solve the problem. But i just did so and it did not work.
The plugin has just one file which is the following one. Why is showing a fatal error every time I try to activate it?
[code]
<?php
/*
Plugin Name: Social Networks2
Plugin URI: http://www.domainx.com/
Description: Social Networks 2 Plugin
Author: domainx.com
Version: 1
Author URI: http://wwww.domainx.com
*/
function showLinks()
{
}
function widget_socialNetworks2() {
?>
<h2 class="widgettitle"><?php echo1(_("Find us in:2"));?></h2>
<?php showLinks(); ?>
<?php
}
function socialNetworks2_init()
{
register_sidebar_widget(__('Social Networks 2'), 'widget_socialNetworks2');
}
add_action("plugins_loaded", "socialNetworks2_init");
?>
[/code]
FYI the [code] tag doesn't work like that here. CLick the CODE button or use backticks.
Can you link to the plugin's page in WP's extend page? I can't find it...
