Title: Plugin never deactivates
Last modified: September 15, 2018

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# Plugin never deactivates

 *  [dennishall](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dennishall/)
 * (@dennishall)
 * [7 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-never-deactivates/)
 * This plugin barely works to begin with, then when you try to deactivate it, it
   will not.
 * To remove this plugin, you need to delete it via FTP, then manually delete the
   options table, then hunt down all the logs and manually delete them.
 * Just because a plugjn passes WP code review doesn’t mean it works – this plugin
   is a case in point.
    Not recommended at all.

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 * Last activity: [7 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-never-deactivates/)
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