[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #20965: make deleting data on register_uninstall_hook optional

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#20965: make deleting data on register_uninstall_hook optional
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 Reporter:  hallsofmontezuma  |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement       |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal            |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Plugins           |     Version:  3.4
 Severity:  normal            |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                    |
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Changes (by ryanduff):

 * cc: ryan@… (added)
 * component:  General => Plugins


Comment:

 What about a hook to add a checkbox on the delete confirmation page?  eg.
 "delete all data"

 The value of that would be passed to the uninstall hook and the function
 could proceed accordingly since some users may want to retain the data
 even though they're uninstalling.

 Some plugins are simple where it's all in one spot, but other plugins add
 things to post meta, etc,  and it's not as simple to export a copy for
 later, etc.

 If the user did want to to clean up the old data they chose not to delete
 before, they could always re-install the plugin, then delete and check the
 box to remove all data.

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Ticket URL: <http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/20965#comment:2>
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