[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #46832: Notice or Warning if a plugin create table and do not delete them

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#46832: Notice or Warning if a plugin create table and do not delete them
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 Reporter:  sebastienserre                       |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement                          |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                               |   Milestone:  Awaiting
                                                 |  Review
Component:  Site Health                          |     Version:
 Severity:  normal                               |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  2nd-opinion needs-patch dev-         |     Focuses:
  feedback                                       |  administration
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Changes (by peterwilsoncc):

 * component:  Plugins => Site Health


Comment:

 I am moving this to the Site Health component, as that is where WordPress
 would need to display such a notice.

 In doing so, I don't think this is something WordPress can reasonably do
 without maintaining a checklist of plugins known to add tables,
 determining if the plugin is active and then checking if the table exists.

 With 59,351 plugins in the wordpress.org plugin repository at the time of
 writing, I don't think this is a practical task. Limiting the check to the
 most popular plugins is problematic for other reasons.

 I agree plugins ought to clean up after themselves in **most**
 circumstances but I don't think it's something WordPress can test for
 practically. For now, I am leaving this ticket open to allow some of the
 Site Health component maintainers to review the ticket.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/46832#comment:7>
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