Title: Database cleaning
Last modified: November 2, 2019

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# Database cleaning

 *  [jpleac](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jpleac/)
 * (@jpleac)
 * [6 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-cleaning-3/)
 * Hello,
    I have tried this plugin and it is perfect. Thank you. I have two questions:–
   i noticed that the data stays in the database if the plugin is uninstalled. Are
   you planning to correct this issue ? – I would like to know if it is possible
   to have a quiz description that could be completed in the plugin settings and
   would be displayed before the visitor begins to answer the questions. For now,
   there is just a “next” button to click on.
 * For information, as others expressed, i am also looking forward to the version
   where results will be stored in the database (a shortcode allowing to display
   results of a particular user would be a dream 🙂 ).
 * Again, thank you for your time and talent !

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 *  Plugin Author [Harmonic Design](https://wordpress.org/support/users/harmonic_design/)
 * (@harmonic_design)
 * [6 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-cleaning-3/#post-12090660)
 * Hi jpleac,
    thank you for your kind words!
 * **deleting database entries on plugin removal** is actually considered very bad
   practice. This is because there are many different times where a user might need
   to temporarily deactivate HD Quiz. Imagine how awful it would be if they realize
   that they lost all of their data when they enable again!
 * What that said, it IS on my road map to include a “remove HD Quiz records” tool
   that users can run _before_ removing HD Quiz. This isn’t a top priority at the
   moment though as there are tons of other solutions, including [very](https://wordpress.org/plugins/advanced-database-cleaner/)
   [popular](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-optimize/) plugins that can do this
   for users already. Still, it would be nice to have it built-in for users who 
   aren’t aware of this.
 * **As for quiz description**: What is your use case for needed this to be an option
   directly within HD Quiz? Is there a reason that simply adding the description
   to your page or post is not an option? Please let me know what your use case 
   is and I can see about adding an option for it if appropriate.

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 * Last activity: [6 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-cleaning-3/#post-12090660)
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