Title: [Plugin: PHP Snippets] Snippets disappeared
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# [Plugin: PHP Snippets] Snippets disappeared

 *  Resolved [AlexHendersonGeordieSoft](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alexhendersongeordiesoft/)
 * (@alexhendersongeordiesoft)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-php-snippets-snippets-disappeared/)
 * All my snippets have disappeared. I’m correlating this with an update to version
   0.8. The snippets were located in the ‘…\wp-content\plugins\php-snippets\snippets’
   directory on a Windows 2003 server running IIS. They also disappeared from a 
   separate site on a Linux server. The only snippets remaining are the defaults
   ones.
 * Can I ask that someone check the update process to make sure that directories
   are not deleted during an update.
 * Can I further suggest that people store their snippets elsewhere!
 * Thankfully I’ve located a backup, so all is well here.
 * Otherwise, I like the plugin and will continue to use it.
    Alex
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/php-snippets/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/php-snippets/)

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 *  [fireproofsocks](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fireproofsocks/)
 * (@fireproofsocks)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-php-snippets-snippets-disappeared/#post-3059033)
 * Do not EVER edit files in the plugin’s directory: this is what gets overwritten
   by WordPress during updates (as you discovered). The plugin allows for you to
   define your own custom location where you should store your custom work. See 
   the docs: [https://code.google.com/p/wordpress-php-snippets/](https://code.google.com/p/wordpress-php-snippets/)

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 * Last reply from: [fireproofsocks](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fireproofsocks/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-php-snippets-snippets-disappeared/#post-3059033)
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