uninstall.php does not appear to trigger when uninstalling my plugin

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uninstall.php does not appear to trigger when uninstalling my plugin

Frederick M. Rogers

2022年4月22日 19:59

i am new to plugin development in wordpress and i have have this simple test plugin that i am working on. The problem i am having is that the uninstall.php file does not appear to get trigger and as such the database entried i wish to remove remain after the plugin in uninstalled from the WordPress admin.

Plugin code:

defined( 'ABSPATH' ) or die( 'Looks like you made a wrong turn there buddy' );

class TestPlugin
{

    function __construct() {
        add_action( 'init', array( $this, 'create_post_type' ) );
    }

    function activate() {
        // generate a CPT in case 'init' fails
        $this-create_post_type();
        // flush rewrite rules
        flush_rewrite_rules();
    }

    function deactivate() {
        // flush rewrite rules
        flush_rewrite_rules();
    }

    function uninstall() {
        // delete cpt
        // delete all the plugin data from the DB

    }

    function create_post_type() {
        register_post_type( 'acme_product', array( 'public' = true, 'label' = 'Acme Product' ) );
    }
}

if ( class_exists( 'TestPlugin' ) ) {
    $newTest = new TestPlugin();
}

// Activation
register_activation_hook( __FILE__, array( $newTest, 'activate' ) );

// Deactivation
register_activation_hook( __FILE__, array( $newTest, 'deactivate' ) );

Uninstall.php

/**
 * Trigger this file on plugin uninstall
 *
 * @package TestPlugin
 */

if ( !defined( 'WP_UNINSTALL_PLUGIN' ) ) {
    die;
}

// Clear database stored data
//$acme_products = get_posts( array( 'post_type' = 'acme_product', 'numberposts' = -1 ) );
//
//foreach ( $acme_products as $acme_product) {
//    wp_delete_post( $acme_product-ID, true );
//}

// Access the database via SQL
global $wpdb;
$wpdb-query( "DELETE FROM wp_posts WHERE post_type = 'acme_product'" );
$wpdb-query( "DELETE FROM wp_postmeta WHERE post_id NOT IN (SELECT id FROM wp_posts)" );
$wpdb-query( "DELETE FROM wp_term_relationships WHERE object_id NOT IN (SELECT id FROM wp_posts)" );


echo "UNINSTALL DAMMIT!!";

UPDATE: I have tested the SQL query just to make sure it worked in phpMyAdmin, and it works fine.

i.e "DELETE FROM wp_posts WHERE post_type = 'acme_product'"

Topic uninstallation plugins Wordpress

Category Web

Frederick M. Rogers · Accepted Answer · 2022年4月22日 19:59

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Frederick M. Rogers answered at 2022年4月22日 19:59

The solution to my problem was a silly one i had misspelled "uninstall". The problem resolved it self once this was corrected.

Johansson · Accepted Answer · 2017年11月27日 20:57

Both of your hooks are register_activation_hook(). In order to hook into plugin's deactivation, you should use register_deactivation_hook() instead.

Also, this hook should not be confused with register_uninstall_hook(), which is best to be triggered after uninstalling a plugin.

You can read more about Activation/Deactivation hooks in the Plugin Handbook.

Drupalizeme · Accepted Answer · 2017年11月27日 20:01

I don't see any issue with the uninstall besides the fact that echo a string(this interpreted us failed) and using hardcode prefix.

Below code have been tested locally with the latest version of WordPress.

// Access the database via SQL
global $wpdb;
$wpdb->query( "DELETE FROM {$wpdb->prefix}posts WHERE post_type = 'acme_product'" );
$wpdb->query( "DELETE FROM {$wpdb->prefix}postmeta WHERE post_id NOT IN (SELECT ID FROM {$wpdb->prefix}posts)" );
$wpdb->query( "DELETE FROM {$wpdb->prefix}term_relationships WHERE object_id NOT IN (SELECT ID FROM {$wpdb->prefix}posts)" );


// echo "UNINSTALL DAMMIT!!";

uninstall.php does not appear to trigger when uninstalling my plugin

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