Title: lost all data
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# lost all data

 *  [djshellyshell](https://wordpress.org/support/users/djshellyshell/)
 * (@djshellyshell)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-all-data-1/)
 * The plug in was causing issues with my site so my admin deleted it. As you can
   imagine when I reinstalled all of my data was gone. Is there a way to recover
   my past galleries?
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/nextgen-gallery/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/nextgen-gallery/)

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 *  Plugin Contributor [photocrati](https://wordpress.org/support/users/photocrati/)
 * (@photocrati)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-all-data-1/#post-4680067)
 * [@djshellyshell](https://wordpress.org/support/users/djshellyshell/) – I would
   really like to say yes but I just cannot guarantee that is the case as it will
   depend on how thorough your “admin” was when they “deleted” the plugin.
 * Can you share any more details that you are aware of?
 * Thanks!
 * – Cais.
 *  Thread Starter [djshellyshell](https://wordpress.org/support/users/djshellyshell/)
 * (@djshellyshell)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-all-data-1/#post-4680075)
 * From what I can gues they just deleted the plug in right from the “installed 
   plugins page”. They were actually able to send me a few of the files that were
   saved on the “server”. The onlying issue is that it will take a very long time
   for me to go back and create all of the galleries and albums. This is over a 
   years work. This is what the page looks like now…
 * [http://www.epicentertainmentboston.com/my-choa-042812/](http://www.epicentertainmentboston.com/my-choa-042812/)
 *  Plugin Contributor [photocrati](https://wordpress.org/support/users/photocrati/)
 * (@photocrati)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-all-data-1/#post-4680081)
 * [@djshellyshell](https://wordpress.org/support/users/djshellyshell/) – Hmm … 
   you may be able to re-install the plugin but you will likely need to re-add the
   galleries which will then require you to re-insert them as well.
 * If the galleries do not appear under Gallery > Manage Galleries … you may be 
   able to Import them from under Gallery > Add Gallery / Images.
 * Although a bit inconvenient it should still go relatively quickly, I would suspect
   the majority of time will be in re-inserting the galleries.
 * Personally, if it was my site, I would really want to know why the admin did 
   what they did …
 * … Best Of Luck!
 * – Cais.

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 * Last activity: [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-all-data-1/#post-4680081)
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