Deactivate and DElete WPMU Dev

I installed Smush Pro yesterday to play with it. Now, I have WPMU Dev in my dashboard and don’t want to use it. I am unable to deactivate it in plug-ins. I’ve deactivated SmushPro. This is very annoying……I just want to get rid of it and have spent a couple hours today attempting to do so.

When I click on deactivate, it opens a window to a plugin I want, “buy me a cup of coffee”. I’ve tried it on different browsers. Short of taking a hammer to it, I’m at my wits end! Help! How can I remove this completely from my wordpress site?!

  • Aditya Shah
    • DevOps Team Lead

    Hi Larry

    Thank you for contacting WPMUDEV support. Hope you are doing great. :slight_smile:

    I would like to tell you that WPMUDEV Dashboard plugin is required to use pro features of our plugins like Smush, Hummingbird, etc. If you deactivate or delete the WPMUDEV Dashboard plugin then the plugins will have the free version features only enabled.

    If you still wish to deactivate/delete the dashboard plugin, please login to cpanel/ftp go to the /wp-content/plugins folder, you will find the folder “wpmudev-updates” please delete it and the plugin will be deleted. :slight_smile:

    Hope that helps. Please do have a recheck and let us know your views. :slight_smile:

    Best,

    Aditya Shah

  • Adityo
    • WPMU DEV Initiate

    Hi,

    Just want to check if I deactivate/delete the dashboard plugin via FTP (deleting wpmudev-updates folder), will the smush pro still be running with pro features?

    And does the WPMUDEV dashboard plugin affecting my site performance? I just want to follow best practice of deactivate+uninstall unused plugin.

  • Gbenga Ojo
    • Recruit

    Hi Adityo ,

    Unfortunately, from above, deactivating/deleting the dashboard plugin via FTP will disable the Pro features of the Smush plugin.

    I would like to tell you that WPMUDEV Dashboard plugin is required to use pro features of our plugins like Smush, Hummingbird, etc. If you deactivate or delete the WPMUDEV Dashboard plugin then the plugins will have the free version features only enabled.

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    The WPMUDEV dashboard plugin does have a small impact on site performance, but it was engineered to be as negligible as possible.

    If you’ve any further questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out.

    Regards,
    Gbenga