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Clean old WordPress installs

  • julierennie

    (@julierennie)


    1 year, 6 months ago

    How to delete old WordPress installs in c/panel. I have 2 old installs that are full of data and malware. The trouble is I don’t know what I am looking for in cpanel to delete them. I suspect that my host has somehow created redirects from the older versions and some files are integrated. (There seem to be duplicates of files) Can I get my host provider to bundle all the files together on my current WordPress site and then I can use a database cleaner and Malcare to clean up? Appreciate any help. Julie

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  • Moderator Steven Stern (sterndata)

    (@sterndata)

    Volunteer Forum Moderator

    1 year, 6 months ago

    You posted this in “localhost installs”? But you said you have a host. What’s up?

    Thread Starter julierennie

    (@julierennie)

    1 year, 6 months ago

    I created my site on a localhost then moved it to Bluehost…then created a new staging site. Whew! the old installations are still there. I want to delete the old files but somehow they seem to be connected to my current site. Just wondering how to go about deleting the old files. If I delete them and my site breaks is it as simple as restoring a backup to fix?

    Moderator Steven Stern (sterndata)

    (@sterndata)

    Volunteer Forum Moderator

    1 year, 6 months ago

    It should be. YOu need to delete the databases and files from the old sites. But backup first, and verify the backup.

    Thread Starter julierennie

    (@julierennie)

    1 year, 6 months ago

    Ok please explain what verify backup means and how to do this

    Moderator Steven Stern (sterndata)

    (@sterndata)

    Volunteer Forum Moderator

    1 year, 6 months ago

    download the backups, uncompress them, and make sure the files and databases you expect are there.

    Thread Starter julierennie

    (@julierennie)

    1 year, 6 months ago

    Thanks…appreciate your help

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