Magento 1 Affiliate Programs v1.x Uninstalling

Disabling Extension

In order to enable/disable this Affiliate Magento Extension, you can use the extension settings. Below you will learn how to access the Affiliate Program settings page in Magento backend.

Step-by-Step action:

  1. Select “Plumrocket”.
  2. Select “Affiliate Programs” Magento Affiliate Extension.
  3. Select “Configuration”.
DisableAffiliate1

Step-by-Step action:

  1. Select “Affiliate Programs” in the left menu.
  2. Option “Enable Extension”: Set “No” to disable the Magento Affiliate Programs.
  3. Press the button “Save Config” to save the settings.
DisableAffiliate2

Important Information:

Make sure to backup all your Magento files and folders before you proceed with uninstalling extension.

Removing Extension

Quick Module Deactivation

In order to quickly deactivate the Affiliate Magento Extension, you will have to rename this module’s config file

/app/etc/modules/Plumrocket_Affiliate.xml

by changing its extension from “.xml” into something like “.xml_”

After you rename the file be sure to clear Magento cache.

Removing Magento Extension Manually

If you want to delete all the files and folders including all the extension-related data stored in Magento database, you will have to delete all the files from the list below :

/app/code/community/Plumrocket/Affiliate 
/app/etc/modules/Plumrocket_Affiliate.xml 
/app/design/frontend/base/default/template/affiliate 
/app/design/frontend/base/default/layout/affiliate.xml 
/app/design/adminhtml/default/default/layout/affiliate.xml 
/skin/adminhtml/default/default/css/plumrocket/affiliate 
/skin/adminhtml/default/default/images/plumrocket/affiliate

Below you will find the SQL commands designed to delete both tables and attributes from the database:

DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `affiliate_affiliate`;
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `affiliate_includeon`;
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `affiliate_types`;

Automated Extension Removal

In order to remove this Affiliate Magento module by means of a script follow the steps described below.

1. Download the remove_module_affiliate_programs.zip archive and unzip it.2. Upload it to the root directory of the site as shown below:

Detailed description:

  1. This is your client side. You will see your module removal script file.
  2. This is your root directory on server side. This is where the file should be uploaded.
  3. All the files must be uploaded to the server. Select the file and press the right mouse button
  4. Select the “Upload” option in order to upload the file to the server.
Magento-Affiliate-Programs-Uninstalling-script-1

3. You should enter the script path in your browser’s address bar and follow this address. The path format is

www.yourdomain.com/remove_module_affiliate_programs.php

where “yourdomain” is the name of your domain.

The screenshot below displays the page that will appear after you successfully delete a module:

Detailed description:

  1. Enter the path to execute module removal in you browser’s address bar.
  2. Successful message page.
Magento-Affiliate-Programs-Uninstalling-script-2

Was this article helpful?