Jira Plugin Data

Allison Hangge

We were looking into possibly deleting plugins we have in our PROD environment that are not being utilized in an effort to improve performance of Jira. We have a few questions regarding this. Any information is appreciated!

1. Is there a way to see if a plugin is being used by users. Perhaps we could pull some report or there is some plugin data showing when it was last accessed, or how often, by whom, etc.
2. What is the proper process for getting rid of a plugin? Is this just simply deleting it?
3. What will happen to the data from the plugins if they are deleted? Can we delete all the data from the server to free up space?
4. Is there a way we can save this plugin data elsewhere before deleting so we can access it later if needed? We do have another server used for archived data if this would help.

Thanks!

Matt Doar_tzgiej

1. It varies by the plugin. For example, for custom field types you can count the number of customfieldvalues rows in the database to see whether fields are being used. Less accurately you can also search with JQL for "mycustomfield is not empty order by updated desc" to look for recent issues that use a field. But no general way

2.  Document what the plugin does and any alternative approaches. Announce that the plugin features are being removed. Disable the plugin. Delete it a week later

3. The data is unchanged. If you re-install the plugin the data will reappear. Unless the plugin data is very old

4. Sure, take a backup of the current server and restore it to the backup server. Keep the plugin running in the backup server