Update error after deleting

  • Resolved Jonas Grumby

    (@ss_minnow)


    1 year, 3 months ago

    Hello. I recently deleted W3 Total Cache because my web host said it was using too many resources. Today I got this error message:

    Selected items were updated with errors:
    Unable to update plugin ‘w3-total-cache_disabled’, details: WARNING: MYSQL_OPT_RECONNECT is deprecated and will be removed in a future version. Error: No plugins updated (1 failed).

    What can I do to make this stop happening? It seems like a plugin that isn’t there is trying to be updated.

    Thanks

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  • Plugin Contributor Marko Vasiljevic

    (@vmarko)

    1 year, 3 months ago

    Hello @ss_minnow

    Thank you for reaching out and I am happy to help!

    It seems that you have not deleted the plugin, instead you renamed it to ‘w3-total-cache_disabled’

    1. Check .htaccess File (make backup)
      W3TC will create many directives in .htaccess file to control the caching behavior. Each section will start and end with comments like “#BEGIN W3TC Page Cache core” and “#END W3TC Page Cache core”.
      Ensure that no residual entries are left over in your .htaccess file after deleting the plugin.
    2. Delete wp-content files and folders
    • cache folder
    • w3tc-config folder
    • object-cache.php (if exists)
    • advanced-cache.php (if exists)
    • db.php (if exists)
    • upgrade folder
    • delete w3-total-cache folder in wp-content/plugins/ (if exists)

    Let me know if this helps!

    Thanks!

    Thread Starter Jonas Grumby

    (@ss_minnow)

    1 year, 3 months ago

    Hi Marko. Thanks for your reply. I deactivated it and deleted it. I just checked via FTP and it’s not in my plugins directory. I do see some of the other folders that you mentioned though. I’ll follow your instructions and see what happens.

    Thread Starter Jonas Grumby

    (@ss_minnow)

    1 year, 3 months ago

    In the process of doing this, I found a w3-total-cache_disabled folder in wp-content/upgrade-temp-backup. Maybe my hosting company created that folder? The wp-content/upgrade folder is empty.

    Thread Starter Jonas Grumby

    (@ss_minnow)

    1 year, 3 months ago

    Ok all steps completed. There was nothing unusual in .htaccess but there were a bunch of folders that had to be deleted. I’ll keep an eye on it. Thank you.

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