[wp-hackers] any way to clean after theme when it gets deleted?

Ashish Saini ashishsainiashfame at gmail.com
Fri Jul 30 13:25:18 UTC 2010


You didn't get my point. I said you should provide an uninstaller function
that wipes out data and it shouldn't be automated upon deactivation.

I would hate a theme which will ask for options to be configured again when
I just switch back to another theme and now I want the previous theme back.

Thanks & Regards
Ashish Saini aka Ashfame
(Deserve Before You Desire)
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On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 6:47 PM, Davit Barbakadze <jayarjo at gmail.com> wrote:

> It's not about switching (activate/deactivate), but deleting. It would
> be pretty logical to remove all the stuff that theme has created on
> activation.
>
> On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 3:45 PM, Ashish Saini
> <ashishsainiashfame at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi Davit,
> >
> > I think a better option would be to provide uninstall function as leaving
> > the options in the database makes sense as the user may switch back and
> so
> > it will save the pain of configuring it.
> >
> > Thanks & Regards
> > Ashish Saini aka Ashfame
> > (Deserve Before You Desire)
> > Homepage : http://www.ashfame.com | Blog : http://blog.ashfame.com |
> Twitter
> > : http://twitter.com/ashfame
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 4:44 PM, <diana.j.wiadji at hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> $
> >> ------Original Message------
> >> From: Davit Barbakadze
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> >> Subject: [wp-hackers]  any way to clean after theme when it gets
> deleted?
> >> Sent: Jul 30, 2010 18:02
> >>
> >> I think everyone uses options and maybe even tables in their themes
> >> nowadays. Is there any way coder can clean up after theme - delete
> >> options, remove tables - when it get's uninstalled. Something similar
> >> to what we have for plugins?
> >>
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