how do i delete same plugin in multiple locations via ftp/filezilla?

Bostoncab

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So I have a share hosting account with 60 sites all running wordpress.

There is a plugin I want to delete from all 60 wordpress sites.

The plugin is in the same path in all 60 sites.

mysite.com/wp-content/plugins/carter
Is there a way I can search the entire home directory with filezilla or another ftp and delete every folder with that name in every site or I have to do it the tedious 1by1 sucky way?


Filezilla has a search option.

Search directory /

That would be the entire home directory right?

Than you can select from dropdowns

Path Ends With if I input /wp-content/plugins/carter

It should only find me and allow me to delete those files right?

I am running it now but it's searching like crazy and I think showing me all those files and everything they contain.
 
Not a filezilla user, but if you've got shell access:

rm -r /pathto/yourhomedir/*.com/wp-content/plugins/carter

or you could just put in a support request to get support to do it for you if you don't have shell access.

Or, install a command line ftp client like ncftp and put together a simple ftp batch script to do the job.
 
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