Title: Rogue Plugin (AVOID THIS PLUGIN)
Last modified: February 20, 2021

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# Rogue Plugin (AVOID THIS PLUGIN)

 *  [yanike](https://wordpress.org/support/users/yanike/)
 * (@yanike)
 * [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rogue-plugin-avoid-this-plugin/)
 * This WILD plugin installs files like maintenance and other things that will break
   your WordPress installation if you don’t complete it’s setup. It will leave your
   site forever redirecting to an under maintenance page without the ability to 
   access dashboard.
 * If your WordPress installation is broken due to this plugin, DELETE the following
   over FTP/SFTP:
    .maintenance /wp-content/maintenance (entire folder) /wp-content/
   social-link-pages (entire folder)
 * Your WordPress will be back to normal.
    -  This topic was modified 5 years, 3 months ago by [yanike](https://wordpress.org/support/users/yanike/).
    -  This topic was modified 5 years, 3 months ago by [yanike](https://wordpress.org/support/users/yanike/).
    -  This topic was modified 5 years, 3 months ago by [yanike](https://wordpress.org/support/users/yanike/).

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 *  Plugin Author [gelform](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gelform/)
 * (@gelform)
 * [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rogue-plugin-avoid-this-plugin/#post-14079204)
 * [@yanike](https://wordpress.org/support/users/yanike/) Hey, there!
 * A couple of things seem wrong here.
 * – .maintenance is installed by WordPress during updates, not by this or any plugin
   –
   There’s no setup for this plugin, it just works – The plugin doesn’t install 
   anything. You can see the code here: [https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/social-link-pages/trunk](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/social-link-pages/trunk)
 * So it sounds like something went wrong during installation. When that does happen,
   to delete the plugin files, delete the entire folder at:
    `/wp-content/plugins/
   social-link-pages` (note the `plugins` dir in the middle of that path).
 * The one listed in the above review is wrong.
 * I’m sorry you had a bad experience!
 *  Thread Starter [yanike](https://wordpress.org/support/users/yanike/)
 * (@yanike)
 * [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rogue-plugin-avoid-this-plugin/#post-14079486)
 * [@gelform](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gelform/) it must have been bad
   timing or bad installation. I’ve read more here that’s close to what I was seeing-
   > [https://kinsta.com/knowledgebase/wordpress-stuck-in-maintenance-mode/](https://kinsta.com/knowledgebase/wordpress-stuck-in-maintenance-mode/)
 * I installed other plugins just fine, but when I got to the setup part where your
   plugin installs the page for the plugin that’s when my installation went into
   maintenance mode.
 *  Plugin Author [gelform](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gelform/)
 * (@gelform)
 * [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rogue-plugin-avoid-this-plugin/#post-14080434)
 * If you can, I’d really appreciate it if you tried again. I’d love to determine
   if the issue **was** timing, or if there’s actually an issue with the plugin.
 * Thanks!
 * Corey
 *  Plugin Author [gelform](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gelform/)
 * (@gelform)
 * [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rogue-plugin-avoid-this-plugin/#post-14107555)
 * [@yanike](https://wordpress.org/support/users/yanike/) Just following up. Did
   you get a chance to retest the plugin? I’d love to know if there’s something 
   I need to fix.
 * Thanks!
 * Corey
 *  Thread Starter [yanike](https://wordpress.org/support/users/yanike/)
 * (@yanike)
 * [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rogue-plugin-avoid-this-plugin/#post-14107669)
 * [@gelform](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gelform/) sorry. I’ve launched
   my project and haven’t had time to retest in a sandbox environment.
 *  Plugin Author [gelform](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gelform/)
 * (@gelform)
 * [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rogue-plugin-avoid-this-plugin/#post-14107907)
 * No worries. Would you reconsider the 1-star review? I’m pretty convinced this
   plugin is not the cause. You can always re-add it once you’ve retested. 🙂
 * Thanks!
 * Corey

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 * [Social Link Pages: link-in-bio landing pages for your social media profiles](https://wordpress.org/plugins/social-link-pages/)
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