How to remove an unused plugin?

  • I have installed so many plugins in my WordPress CMS. But all of these are not used. So I need to delete or remove some plugins from my WordPress CMS. How Can I Do It? Will it cause any hamper of my Blog?

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  • Moderator Steven Stern (sterndata)

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    Volunteer Forum Moderator

    From the dashboard, plugins -> all installed plugins. Hover over it and you’ll see a delete link.

    First you would navigate to your WordPress admin section to the PLUGINS screen. Then you would deactivate the plugin you wish to remove. I would probably do some testing at that point to see if any of your critical functionality is affected. If not, you can then DELETE the plugin right from your PLUGINS screen. The DELETE link is not available until you DEACTIVATE the plugin.

    Before doing anything, please make a backup of your entire site prior to removing or deactivating any plugins. This way you can have a rollback point to the condition your site was in prior to removing/deactivating any plugins.

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