How to remove and fresh reinstall?

  • Resolved LavishDhand

    (@lavishdhand)


    11 years ago

    I’ve kept w3Total cache deactivated for more than a month after my WP site started showing following error message.

    The directory w3tc can be deleted. /home/content/xx/xxxxxx/html/mydomain.com/wp-content: w3tc. However, do not remove the w3tc-config directory.

    Now, I wish to reactivate the plugin, however something seems to have messed up badly. Can you kindly tell me how can I safely remove/delete the plugin completely and then do a fresh reinstall?

    Thank you very much

    http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/w3-total-cache/

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  • mikeotgaar

    (@mikeotgaar)

    11 years ago

    Use FTP or hosting File Manager to delete the following Directories
    /wp-content/w3tc
    /wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache

    As well as the following FILES

    /wp-content/advanced-cache.php
    /wp-content/object-cache.php
    /wp-content/w3-total-cache-config.php
    /wp-content/db.php

    If you can’t delete directories/folders you may have to ch_mod (change permissions) to 755 if something else is set

    Check your .htaccess file for W3TC entries and delete them – these may vary.. Look for # BEGIN W3TC ….
    and delete up to # END W3TC
    WWhen you de-activated the plugin this section of .htaccess should have been removed automatically)

    Backup your .htaccess first, just in case…

    You should then be be able to install a fresh W3TC – post update if you have any problems, and the error message.

    Thread Starter LavishDhand

    (@lavishdhand)

    11 years ago

    Thank you very much, your solution has nicely worked. Is there a guide/documentation available that tells about configuring W3TC with BuddyPress?

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