Uninstalling WP Rocket
WP Rocket can be uninstalled in two ways: from the plugins page in WordPress admin, and manually through FTP/File manager.
From WordPress admin
You can uninstall WP Rocket as any other plugin. WP Rocket will clean after itself automatically, removing any files/folders and modifications (in the htaccess or wp-config.php files, for example).
Manually
If you manually remove WP Rocket from the plugins folder in /wp-content/plugins/, you'd need to manually remove other information to completely delete WP Rocket from your site.
โ ๏ธ Heads-up! The following actions cannot be undone, and they should be done very carefully! It's recommended to create a full-site backup before proceeding.
Here is a list of things to remove/edit:
- Folders to delete:
- /wp-content/cache/
- /wp-content/wp-rocket-config/
- /wp-content/cache/min/
- /wp-content/cache/busting/
- /wp-content/cache/used-css/
- /wp-content/cache/critical-css/
- /wp-content/cache/background-css/
- Files to delete:
- wp-content/advanced-cache.php
- Files to edit:
- The .htaccess file: remove anything between #BEGIN WP ROCKET and #END WP ROCKET
- The wp-config.php file: set the define('WP_CACHE', true) to false or remove the line
- Cron events to remove:
- Using a plugin such as WP Crontrol, go to the Cron Events tab, search for "rocket" crons, and delete them.
- Database tables to delete:
- wpr_rucss_used_css
- wpr_rocket_cache
- wpr_above_the_fold
- wpr_lazy_render_content
- Database tables to edit:
- wp_options: Delete the wp_rocket_settings, transients and cronjob rows