Title: Installed itself??
Last modified: June 30, 2025

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# Installed itself??

 *  [LOK](https://wordpress.org/support/users/luclatulippe/)
 * (@luclatulippe)
 * [11 months, 2 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installed-itself/)
 * This app installed itself after installing another plugin. Will report them.

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 *  Plugin Support [Erica Franz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ericakfranz/)
 * (@ericakfranz)
 * [11 months, 2 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installed-itself/#post-18534847)
 * Hi [@luclatulippe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/luclatulippe/) 👋
 * Thanks for reaching out and sharing your experience. I’m really sorry to hear
   about the frustration of finding our plugin installed when you weren’t expecting
   it. That’s definitely not the experience we want for anyone, and I can completely
   understand why that would be alarming.
 * Just to shed some light on how this can happen, some themes or other plugins 
   will recommend or bundle companion plugins as part of their own installation 
   process. It’s possible that permission to add OptinMonster was granted during
   one of those setup wizards—we know how easy it is to click through those steps
   when you’re trying to get a new tool up and running!
 * Plugins in WordPress don’t have the ability to install themselves, so it would
   have been triggered by that other installation. In any case, we sincerely apologize
   for the surprise and any confusion it caused.
 * If you don’t plan on using OptinMonster, you can absolutely remove it by going
   to the ‘Plugins’ screen in your WordPress admin dashboard to deactivate and uninstall
   it.
 * We hope this helps clear things up, and we wish you all the best with your website.

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 * Last activity: [11 months, 2 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installed-itself/#post-18534847)