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pasha2189
pasha2189

Reputation: 1

Will my plugins be deleted, after reinstalling wordpress?

I want to install custom theme on wordpress, but have some errors while uploading it. now i want to reinstall wordpress from Cpanel file manager, will my plugins be deleted?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 55

Answers (1)

Craig
Craig

Reputation: 1962

Your Theme and Plugins are stored within the wp-content folder, which is 'inside' WordPress. So, yes, deleting WordPress would delete your Plugins and Themes.

Solution:

  1. Download Filezilla.
  2. Head over to httpdocs > wp-content folder, where you should see two folders entitled plugins and themes.
  3. Drag these folders over to your Desktop (or wherever suits you). What you are doing here, is creating a backup of your Theme and Plugins.
  4. Go ahead and reinstall WordPress (To make a clean install, obviously remove all reference of WordPress and create a new MySql Database)
  5. Once completed, simply access your website via Filezilla again. Head back into httpdocs > wp-content and drag back over the your plugins and themes folder.

By following the above, you can delete WordPress, without losing your Theme files or Plugins.

Upvotes: 0

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