Uninstall
How to remove Outpost from your site, what the uninstaller cleans up, and what it leaves behind. Your posts are never touched — anything Outpost published is a standard WordPress post and stays on your site.
Deactivate the plugin
Section titled “Deactivate the plugin”- In wp-admin, go to Plugins → Installed Plugins.
- Find Outpost and select Deactivate.
Deactivation is reversible and deletes no data. It clears Outpost’s caches and transients and removes the /post rewrite rule, so the composer URL stops responding. Reactivating restores everything.
Delete the plugin
Section titled “Delete the plugin”- With Outpost deactivated, select Delete on the Plugins screen.
- Confirm the deletion.
WordPress removes the plugin files and runs Outpost’s uninstall script.
What the uninstaller removes — and what it doesn’t
Section titled “What the uninstaller removes — and what it doesn’t”Since version 1.0.4, deleting the plugin removes everything Outpost created on your site — on a single site and on every site of a multisite network:
- All Outpost options — settings, destination API keys, the generated encryption key, Bridgy silo choices, Telegraph author settings, and the
/postrewrite bookkeeping. - Per-user data — encrypted service credentials, iOS Shortcut tokens, appearance preferences, and dismissed-notice markers.
- Outpost’s own post meta — syndication targets and recorded syndication links, POSSE retry state, manual-share and Bridgy logs, Telegraph page links, XFN relationship choices, and check-in place names.
- Cached data (transients) and any scheduled syndication retries.
It never removes your posts or media, image alt text, featured images, categories, or another plugin’s data — for example a Yoast focus keyphrase Outpost saved on your behalf stays with the post. Privacy and data lists every option and meta key with its purpose.
Remove the app from your phone
Section titled “Remove the app from your phone”Deleting the plugin doesn’t remove the icon from your home screen. Remove it the way you remove any app: long-press the icon and choose the remove option. Queued offline drafts live in that installed app’s browser storage and disappear with it.
Expected result
Section titled “Expected result”After deletion, /post returns your theme’s 404 page, the Outpost settings screens are gone from wp-admin, and every post you published is still there.