Is there any reason for this plugin (PLG_CONSOLE_AKEEBABACKUP) anymore? It is disabled... Can it safely be uninstalled?
#42324 Is there any reason for PLG_CONSOLE_AKEEBABACKUP plugin in Joomla 5 and beyond?
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Environment Information
Joomla! version
5.3.4
PHP version
8.4.12
Akeeba Backup version
10.0.0.6
Latest post by davidascher on Tuesday, 07 October 2025 06:28 CDT
Monday, 06 October 2025 08:52 CDT
davidascher
Monday, 06 October 2025 09:23 CDT
nicholas
Akeeba Staff
Manager
That's a leftover from Joomla 3 mistakenly trying to install a plugin type it doesn't support. If you can't uninstall it outright, you can definitely just remove the database record from the #__extensions table.
Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos
Lead Developer and Director
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Tuesday, 07 October 2025 06:28 CDT
davidascher
Thanks...