[wp-testers] 2.7 Plugins admin screen and uninstall

[Jeff Chandler]

I'd be interested in knowing the details related to the uninstall 
function in WordPress 2.7. This would serve as good fodder for a follow 
up blog post regarding the progress that has been made since earlier 
this year when I ended up bringing this issue to light with the 
WordPress community.

Any docs or articles in the Codex that explains how this works?

DD32 wrote:
> On Tue, 28 Oct 2008 14:00:29 +1100, Matt <speedboxer at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 7:57 PM, DD32 <wordpress at dd32.id.au> wrote:
>>
>>> By the looks of it: http://trac.wordpress.org/changeset/8585 It takes
>>> place during the Delete-plugins action.
>>>
>>> So any Uninstall routines registered by the plugin will happen 
>>> during the
>>> Plugin deletion stage
>>
>>
>> But what if you wanted to uninstall the plugin, but not delete it 
>> entirely?
>
> I guess its seen as "Uninstall" in most peoples minds means to 
> completely remove, Having a "Uninstall" and a "Delete" function 
> wouldnt make sense to most users.
>
> The end user doesnt need to know about the Uninstall process, Thats 
> mearly for the plugin to clean up after itself on deletion, Its not 
> designed as a way for the user to reset a plugin to its defaults AFAIK.
>
> (Note: Other than a quick read of the uninstall ticket, i've not 
> touched it, and was supprised to find it was actually included in WP 
> recently)
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