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

1. In wp-admin, go to Plugins → Installed Plugins.
2. 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

1. With Outpost deactivated, select Delete on the Plugins screen.
2. Confirm the deletion.

WordPress removes the plugin files and runs Outpost’s uninstall script.

What the uninstaller removes — and what it doesn’t

The current uninstall script removes one database row: the outpost_rewrite_version option (internal bookkeeping for the /post URL).

Everything else Outpost stored remains in your database after deletion:

• Settings options (outpost_settings*) and the generated encryption key option, if one was created.
• Encrypted service credentials (outpost_creds_* options and user meta).
• Per-post syndication records and activity snapshots (post meta).
• The iOS Shortcut token and appearance preference (user meta).

The uninstall script itself marks these as future cleanup. If you want a full purge, remove those rows manually — Privacy and data lists every option and meta key with its purpose. The limited cleanup is flagged for the maintainer in the repository’s documentation plan.

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

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.