Title: Plugin Restore
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Plugin Restore

 *  Resolved [Markuss](https://wordpress.org/support/users/drmarkuss/)
 * (@drmarkuss)
 * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-restore-1/)
 * Hello, first thanks for great plugin.
 * Yesterday my shared host was hacked and many sites were down. My also 🙁 Since
   database wasn’t touched (only files were removed) I have easily managed to almost
   completely restore web site from backup.
 * Now only Contact Form 7 is not working. If I try to install fresh copy thru WP
   interface error is displayed. And if try to copy latest working plugin folder,
   WP doesn’t see it under plugin admin area.
 * I would like to try to remove database table and all related Contact Form 7 rows.
   Maybe they are interfering with fresh install.
 * My question is, are there any CF 7 data beside table “wp_contact_form_7” stored
   in database? And do you think it is safe to remove plugin that way ( just not
   to brake the site again)?
 * Thank you in advance.
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/contact-form-7/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/contact-form-7/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Takayuki Miyoshi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/takayukister/)
 * (@takayukister)
 * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-restore-1/#post-3429650)
 * Contact Form 7 data is stored in wp_posts and wp_postmeta tables as Custom Post
   Type. The wp_contact_form_7 table is no longer used in the latest versions.
 * Basically you don’t need to mind about database when you install the plugin. 
   I guess you failed to install because you had a wrong file or placed it to the
   wrong directory.

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 * ![](https://ps.w.org/contact-form-7/assets/icon.svg?rev=2339255)
 * [Contact Form 7](https://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7/)
 * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7/#faq)
 * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/contact-form-7/)
 * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/contact-form-7/active/)
 * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/contact-form-7/unresolved/)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/contact-form-7/reviews/)

 * 1 reply
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [Takayuki Miyoshi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/takayukister/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-restore-1/#post-3429650)
 * Status: resolved