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How to Remove WP Toolkit plugin from WordPress Must-Use Plugins

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Question

How do I remove the WP Toolkit plugin from the Must-Use plugins section of WordPress?

Answer

Using WordPress Management inside cPanel
  1. Log in to your cPanel account.
  2. Access WordPress Management.
  3. Next to each domain, on the left side, select the drop-down to expand the menu.
  4. Select Plugins
  5. Select the trash can on the right side for "WP Toolkit plugin"
  6. When prompted, select Yes
Using the WP-Toolkit CLI
  1. Access Terminal for your server as the root user via SSH or by accessing your WHM interface and navigating to WHM / Server Configuration / Terminal in WHM.

  2. Get the instance list

    # wp-toolkit --list

  3. Remove the plugin.

    Note: Please replace ID 132 with the instance ID of the WordPress installation from step 2

    # wp-toolkit --wp-cli -instance-id 132 -- plugin delete wp-toolkit

  4. Clear the cache

    # wp-toolkit --clear-cache -instance-id 132

Using the API - User level
  1. Access your cPanel server
  2. Navigate to Security / Manage API Tokens in cPanel
  3. Enter an API Token Name.
  4. Set whether you want the token to expire or not.
  5. Click Create
  6. Copy the API token to a safe place.
  7. Navigate back to cPanel
  8. Navigate to Advanced / Terminal for cPanel

  9. Get a list of IDs for your WP-Toolkit installation.

    # wp-toolkit --list

  10. Modify the curl command below with your cPanel user, API Token from step 6, website_ID from step 9, and set the correct hostname for your server.

    CONFIG_TEXT: curl -sk -X POST -H 'Authorization: cpanel user:api-token' -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{"confirm": true}' "https://hostname:2083/3rdparty/wpt/index.php/v1/installations/{WEBSITE_ID}/features/integration-plugin/remover"

Using the API - root level
  1. Access your WHM server as the root user.
  2. Navigate to Home / Development / Manage API Tokens.
  3. Select Generate Token.

  4. Name your token.

    Note: Be sure "WP Toolkit access to WP Toolkit wp-toolkit" is selected.

  5. Click Save once you've made your selection.
  6. Copy the token to a safe place.
  7. Access Terminal for your server as the root user via SSH or by accessing your WHM interface and navigating to WHM / Server Configuration / Terminal in WHM.

  8. Get a list of IDs for your WP-Toolkit installation.

    # wp-toolkit --list

  9. Modify the curl command below with your API token from step 6, website_ID from step 8, and set the correct hostname for your server.

    CONFIG_TEXT: curl -sk -X POST -H 'Authorization: whm root:api-token' -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{"confirm": true}' "https://hostname:2087/cgi/wpt/index.php/v1/installations/{WEBSITE_ID}/features/integration-plugin/remover"

 

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How to stop WP-Toolkit from adding "Must-Use" WP Toolkit plugin?

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