Title: Plugins delete when updated
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Plugins delete when updated

 *  Resolved [Robert](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robbieb1953/)
 * (@robbieb1953)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugins-delete-when-updated/)
 * Using a Skylark child theme, when I update plugins, they delete the original 
   plugin and leave the content folder empty. This has happened with BPS, Simple
   Twitter Tweets and others

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 *  Thread Starter [Robert](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robbieb1953/)
 * (@robbieb1953)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugins-delete-when-updated/#post-3935369)
 * Resolved
 *  [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/)
 * (@anevins)
 * WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugins-delete-when-updated/#post-3935371)
 * Good to hear. Can you post your solution in case anyone has the same issue? Thanks.
 *  Thread Starter [Robert](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robbieb1953/)
 * (@robbieb1953)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugins-delete-when-updated/#post-3935380)
 * Be sure to deactivate plugin prior to updating….
    Deactivate Update Activate

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 * Last reply from: [Robert](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robbieb1953/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugins-delete-when-updated/#post-3935380)
 * Status: resolved