Title: All plugin data gone
Last modified: November 13, 2025

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# All plugin data gone

 *  [mofpe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mofpe/)
 * (@mofpe)
 * [5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/all-plugin-data-gone/)
 * Hi.
 * Used this plugin for years (Version 2.7.8.1). Now all setting and lists are gone.
   What has happened i don’t now. But is there a way to “restore” the settings? 
   I have tried to restore from the webserver. Can i, in the WP database, see where
   the data (settings) are? The data, images and text are still in WP.
 * Thanks
 * /Mogens
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 *  Plugin Author [rolandbarker](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rolandbarker/)
 * (@rolandbarker)
 * [5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/all-plugin-data-gone/#post-18718532)
 * It’s not clear to me what happened, but you should be able to get it all back
   by restoring a backup. If you’re using a backup plugin, most of them give you
   the ability to selectively restore parts of the database. Participants Database
   uses 3 of its own tables in the database, so you should be able to get it all
   back by retoring those 3 tables:
 * wp_participants_database
   wp_participants_database_fieldswp_participants_database_groups
 *  Thread Starter [mofpe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mofpe/)
 * (@mofpe)
 * [4 months, 3 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/all-plugin-data-gone/#post-18722934)
 * Hi
 * Thanks. I’ll work with that.
 * But, i’ll tried to export the posts made through to plugin, but i can’t chose
   those posts. Is there a solution to that?
 * Thank you
 *  Plugin Author [rolandbarker](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rolandbarker/)
 * (@rolandbarker)
 * [4 months, 3 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/all-plugin-data-gone/#post-18722973)
 * Participants Database doesn’t use WordPress posts, the record data is stored 
   in the wp_participants_database table.

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 * Last reply from: [rolandbarker](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rolandbarker/)
 * Last activity: [4 months, 3 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/all-plugin-data-gone/#post-18722973)
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