Title: Suicide
Author: Justin Watt
Published: <strong>September 10, 2012</strong>
Last modified: May 21, 2014

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This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**.
It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

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# Suicide

 By [Justin Watt](https://profiles.wordpress.org/justincwatt/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/suicide.zip)

 * [Details](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/suicide/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/suicide/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/suicide/#installation)
 * [Development](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/suicide/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/suicide/)

## Description

Removes all the content from your blog’s database on a per table basis.

To use simply install and visit the Tools > Suicide page.

For multisite installs of WordPress visit Network Admin > Sites > Network Suicide
to choose which sites you would like to remove content from.

If you’re interested in contributing to the code behind this plugin, it’s also hosted
on GitHub:
 https://github.com/justincwatt/wp-suicide

## Screenshots

 * [[
 * This is what Suicide looks like. Scary, huh?

## Installation

Extract the zip file and just drop the contents in the wp-content/plugins/ directory
of your WordPress installation and then activate the Plugin from Plugins page.

## FAQ

  Is Suicide reversible?

No.

## Reviews

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/a3daa18a367bc585af128a0cf2799f5fa654e686fe432d3510e28f116528d913?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Did exactly what I needed it to do!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/did-exactly-what-i-needed-it-to-do-1/)󠁿

 [mchavezi](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mchavezi/) September 3, 2016

Thank you Justin Watt and Ben Lobaugh. This plugin was able to delete 10k+ categories
on a multi-site homepage in 2 seconds.

 [ Read all 3 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/suicide/reviews/)

## Contributors & Developers

“Suicide” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this
plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Justin Watt ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/justincwatt/)
 *   [ Ben Lobaugh (blobaugh) ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/blobaugh/)

[Translate “Suicide” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/suicide)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/suicide/), check out
the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/suicide/), or subscribe to
the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/suicide/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/suicide/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 2.0

 * Security Fix: Fixed nonce so that it is checked properly and will not allow suicide
   to happen if invalid
 * Bugfix: Renamed plugin function to prevent fatal conflicts with other plugins/
   core function names
 * Feature: Added ability to suicide all network content on a WordPress Multisite
   install
 * Upgrade: Moved suicide functions into a Suicide object
 * Users can suicide all network content from Network Admin > Sites > Network Suicide
 * By default the plugin is deactivated after use on an individual site. Stays active
   at network level

#### 1.5

 * Add wp_nonce_field check, minor code cleanup

#### 1.4

 * Update for WordPress 2.9 (wp_commentmeta table added)

#### 1.3

 * Deactivate wp-suicide after running (thanks Steven!)

#### 1.2

 * Update for WordPress 2.3 (post2cat and link2cat became wp_term_relationships,
   and categories became terms and term_taxonmy)

#### 1.1

 * Update for WordPress 2.1 (linkcategories table renamed link2cat)

#### 1.0

 * Initial version

## Meta

 *  Version **2.0**
 *  Last updated **12 years ago**
 *  Active installations **30+**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **3.9.40**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/suicide/)
 * Tags
 * [database](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/database/)[development](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/development/)
   [multisite](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/multisite/)[remove content](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/remove-content/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/suicide/advanced/)

## Ratings

 3.7 out of 5 stars.

 *  [  2 5-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/suicide/reviews/?filter=5)
 *  [  0 4-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/suicide/reviews/?filter=4)
 *  [  0 3-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/suicide/reviews/?filter=3)
 *  [  0 2-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/suicide/reviews/?filter=2)
 *  [  1 1-star review     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/suicide/reviews/?filter=1)

[Add my review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/suicide/reviews/#new-post)

[See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/suicide/reviews/)

## Contributors

 *   [ Justin Watt ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/justincwatt/)
 *   [ Ben Lobaugh (blobaugh) ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/blobaugh/)

## Support

Got something to say? Need help?

 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/suicide/)

## Donate

Would you like to support the advancement of this plugin?

 [ Donate to this plugin ](http://justinsomnia.org/2006/04/wordpress-suicide/)