Where is Joomla 2.5 plugin information stored? Updated on August 16, 2021 by Brad Markle 1 Minutes, 15 Seconds to Read Joomla 2.5 has reached its end of life as for 12/31/2014. Please be advised this may be a security risk to your website. You can view more information about the end of life here. Up to this point, we’ve created a basic Joomla 2.5 plugin and added a custom parameter to it. In our effort to provide a thorough tutorial series, before we get back to expanding the plugin, we would like to show you how this plugin’s information is stored. Plugin data / parameters are stored in your Joomla 2.5 database. Using a MySQL client such as phpMyAdmin, you can easily find where and how plugin data is stored. Where in the database is plugin data written? Plugin data is stored in the _extensions table. If your Joomla 2.5 database prefix is jjdu43 for example, the plugin data will be in the jjdu43_extensions table. To the right is a screenshot of our Hello World plugin in the database: In what fields is the plugin parameter info saved to? Most of the information is easy to identify within the fields. For example: name / element This is the name of the plugin folder As this is a content plugin, it is in the content folder. enabled This controls whether or not the plugin is enabled. manifest_cache This holds much of the information that was found in the plugin’s xml file, such as who wrote the plugin and the author’s contact information. params Any custom parameters that you create will be stored in the params field. Share this Article Related Articles How to Use the Free Mini Frontpage Extension for Joomla 4.0 How to Change a Joomla 2.5 User’s Email Address How to Configure Joomla 2.5 to Send Email Using SMTP How to Edit a Joomla 3 Template How to install Phoca Gallery for Joomla 2.5 Creating a Menu Item for your Joomla 3 Component Changing Email Settings in Joomla 3.1 Using the Redirect Manager in Joomla 3.1 How to add Bootstrap to a Joomla 3.1 Template How to Use Bootstrap 5.0 Alerts in Joomla 4.0
