Title: Nightmare plugin
Last modified: July 3, 2021

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# Nightmare plugin

 *  Resolved [joarc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joarc/)
 * (@joarc)
 * [4 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/nightmare-plugin/)
 * How the hell do I get rid of this piece of crap? Help files are outdated. Deactivated
   plugin, still have a redirect happening on my page. Couldn’t unlink the site 
   in the plugin dashboard or its own site so I deleted the account. Deleted the
   plugin. Cleared cache. Cleared WP cache. STILL have the plugin popping up and
   directing to [https://support.shareaholic.com/hc/en-us/articles/200471416](https://support.shareaholic.com/hc/en-us/articles/200471416)
   Like, it should not be this difficult.

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 *  Plugin Author [Shareaholic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shareaholic/)
 * (@shareaholic)
 * [4 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/nightmare-plugin/#post-14622037)
 * [@joarc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joarc/) this plugin is deactivated
   like any other plugin – nothing special – the steps that you have followed sound
   normal and right. Clearly, something else is going on that is unique to your 
   WordPress. Can you please share a link to the website so we may see what may 
   be going on to help? — please send to support at shareaholic dot com or [https://www.shareaholic.com/help/message](https://www.shareaholic.com/help/message)
   in case you don’t want to share the domain publicly.
 * One thing we can think of is that some hosts have their own caching systems that
   you may also need to clear (ex. WP Engine) as does if you have a 3rd party whole
   site caching system (ex. if you use Cloudflare) that you may need to clear — 
   in case yours does, we’re assuming you’ve also cleared that?
 *  Plugin Author [Shareaholic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shareaholic/)
 * (@shareaholic)
 * [4 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/nightmare-plugin/#post-14681749)
 * Hi [@joarc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joarc/) following up! Were you
   able to resolve the issue?
 *  Thread Starter [joarc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joarc/)
 * (@joarc)
 * [4 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/nightmare-plugin/#post-14682786)
 * Hi, thanx for the reply. I wiped the entire site and started over. I couldn’t
   get rid of it otherwise.
 *  Thread Starter [joarc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joarc/)
 * (@joarc)
 * [4 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/nightmare-plugin/#post-14682787)
 * I use Bluehost and did clear that cache too. Thanx.
 *  Plugin Author [Shareaholic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shareaholic/)
 * (@shareaholic)
 * [4 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/nightmare-plugin/#post-14685647)
 * Glad you were ultimately able to sort it out. Thanks for the update!

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 * Last activity: [4 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/nightmare-plugin/#post-14685647)
 * Status: resolved