As a plugin developer, how do I remove a plugin from the global plugin directory? [duplicate]

Just delete the content of your plugin directory using subversion in the SVN repository.

svn co http://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/your-plugin your-plugin

In other words, these instructions may help you update the plugin files.

svn status
svn update
svn commit -m "Emptied my plugins..."

If you need to delete files use this

svn st | grep '^!' | awk '{print $2}' | xargs svn delete --force

Ref. 1 and 2


I think you will also need to send an email to plugins at wordpress.org, but they occasionally remove empty directories.

When I first wrote to this email address the great Otto replied. Enjoy.