Continuing the discussion from Adding model and table with plugin : [image] what happens when someone uninstalls the plugin? Is the idea that when someone uninstalls the plugin the plugins saved data should also be deleted? If that is the idea this is not the wanted behaviour of my particular…

PluginStore is never deleted on uninstall, we persist forever.

[image] sam: we persist forever. There should be a way to remove tables / rows if an Admin want to no? My concern is due to experience with WordPress plugins. They can be installed activated deactivated uninstalled The problem comes from the fact that it is up to the plugin author to use…

PluginStore might not always be preferred

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sam (Sam Saffron) March 16, 2016, 7:24am 4

Yeah, it is a known issue, we will eventually get there.

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