Title: Deleting a Plugin Last modified: August 20, 2016 --- # Deleting a Plugin * [NetworkProMaster](https://wordpress.org/support/users/networkpromaster/) * (@networkpromaster) * [14 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deleting-a-plugin/) * Hello, * I tried to delete a plugin WP Statistics, but every time I try to delete it I get this error message. Can anyone tell me how to delete this plugin? * Warning: require(../../../wp-load.php) [function.require]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home2/myecashs/public_html/blog/wp-content/plugins/ wp-statistics/uninstall.php on line 2 * Warning: require(../../../wp-load.php) [function.require]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home2/myecashs/public_html/blog/wp-content/plugins/ wp-statistics/uninstall.php on line 2 * Fatal error: require() [function.require]: Failed opening required ‘../../../ wp-load.php’ (include_path=’.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php’) in /home2/myecashs/ public_html/blog/wp-content/plugins/wp-statistics/uninstall.php on line 2 Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 18 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deleting-a-plugin/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deleting-a-plugin/page/2/?output_format=md) * [kmessinger](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kmessinger/) * (@kmessinger) * [14 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deleting-a-plugin/#post-2548815) * Have you gone into the plugins folder and deleted it? * Thread Starter [NetworkProMaster](https://wordpress.org/support/users/networkpromaster/) * (@networkpromaster) * [14 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deleting-a-plugin/#post-2548938) * Yes, I did. That was the first thing I did. * [Ronja369](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ronja369/) * (@ronja369) * [14 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deleting-a-plugin/#post-2549104) * I got the same problem. Anyone? * [Emguth](https://wordpress.org/support/users/emguth/) * (@emguth) * [14 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deleting-a-plugin/#post-2549105) * Where is my plug ins folder? * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [14 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deleting-a-plugin/#post-2549106) * Please post a new topic. * Thread Starter [NetworkProMaster](https://wordpress.org/support/users/networkpromaster/) * (@networkpromaster) * [14 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deleting-a-plugin/#post-2549107) * I still haven’t gotten an answer about that yet. I still got this plugin on my blog and don’t know how to get it off. And yes Kmessinger I did try deleting it already. * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [14 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deleting-a-plugin/#post-2549108) * Try [resetting the plugins folder](http://codex.wordpress.org/FAQ_Troubleshooting#How_to_deactivate_all_plugins_when_not_able_to_access_the_administrative_menus.3F) by PhpMyAdmin. * [kmessinger](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kmessinger/) * (@kmessinger) * [14 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deleting-a-plugin/#post-2549109) * I meant go into the plugins folder itself by ftp, not thru the dashboard which you all ready tried. * [JiveCo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jiveco/) * (@jiveco) * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deleting-a-plugin/#post-2549127) * Here is the way I deleted it. * The bug comes from the fact that a wrong path is indicated to find the uninstall file. * You need 2 tools: * 1. An FTP software like FileZilla to download the file to correct and to reupload it (you can also use the Web-FTP of your host). * 2. Notepad or any software enabling you to edit the file. * The wrong file is located here in the following directory of your blog: * wp-content > plugins > wp-statistics * Its name is: uninstall.php. * Download it on your computer and edit it like this: * replace: * `require('../../../wp-load.php')` * on line 2, by: * `require($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/blog/wp-load.php')` * and then reupload it in the same place and try to uninstall the plugin again. * Let me know the result. * Thread Starter [NetworkProMaster](https://wordpress.org/support/users/networkpromaster/) * (@networkpromaster) * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deleting-a-plugin/#post-2549128) * Thanks * [Ronja369](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ronja369/) * (@ronja369) * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deleting-a-plugin/#post-2549143) * Didn’t wok for me 🙁 * [JiveCo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jiveco/) * (@jiveco) * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deleting-a-plugin/#post-2549144) * [@ronja369](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ronja369/): please give me more specifics in order to help you, especially the error message that you got. * [Ronja369](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ronja369/) * (@ronja369) * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deleting-a-plugin/#post-2549145) * Hi JiveCo. This the error: * Warning: require() [function.require]: Unable to access /public/sites/www.nameofmysite. com/blog/wp-load.php in /public/sites/www.nameofmysite.com/wp-content/plugins/ wp-statistics/uninstall.php on line 2 * Warning: require(/public/sites/www.nameofmysite.com/blog/wp-load.php) [function. require]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /public/sites/www. nameofmysite.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-statistics/uninstall.php on line 2 * Fatal error: require() [function.require]: Failed opening required ‘/public/sites/ www.nameofmysite.com/blog/wp-load.php’ (include_path=’.:/usr/share/php:/usr/share/ pear’) in /public/sites/www.nameofmysite.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-statistics/ uninstall.php on line 2 * [Ronja369](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ronja369/) * (@ronja369) * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deleting-a-plugin/#post-2549146) * Should it work if I just trew away the whole wp-statistics plugin folder? Or is that too tricky? * [JiveCo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jiveco/) * (@jiveco) * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deleting-a-plugin/#post-2549147) * The answer I did to NetworkProMaster was specific to his website. * I mean that his WordPress was contained in a directory named “blog”. * If your WordPress is located at the root of your website (which is my case, for instance), you have to replace: * require(‘../../../wp-load.php’) * on line 2, by: * require($_SERVER[‘DOCUMENT_ROOT’].’/wp-load.php’) * Did you notice: I have just taken “/blog” off from the line of code. * (throwing away the plugin folder does not seem to be a workable solution.) Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 18 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deleting-a-plugin/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deleting-a-plugin/page/2/?output_format=md) The topic ‘Deleting a Plugin’ is closed to new replies. * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 18 replies * 7 participants * Last reply from: [Harry Agustiana](https://wordpress.org/support/users/duniabloggers/) * Last activity: [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deleting-a-plugin/page/2/#post-2549185) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics