{"id":6262,"date":"2021-01-05T02:44:29","date_gmt":"2021-01-05T02:44:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/truehost.co.ke\/support\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=6262"},"modified":"2024-06-21T08:31:31","modified_gmt":"2024-06-21T08:31:31","password":"","slug":"how-to-deactivate-wordpress-plugins-from-the-cpanel","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/knowledge-base\/how-to-deactivate-wordpress-plugins-from-the-cpanel\/","title":{"rendered":"How to deactivate WordPress plugins from the cPanel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Disabling or deactivating WordPress plugins is one&nbsp; of the ways to troubleshoot plugin-related errors on wordpress websites. At some instances, a malfunctioned&nbsp; or troublesome&nbsp; plugin may throw errors and bar a user completely from logging into the WordPress dashboard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At this&nbsp; point, you have&nbsp; the option of deactivating them from the cpanel section. The following are the steps:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step I.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Login to the cpanel and navigate to the root folder of your wordpress installation, for instance (public_html).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/nGZzJUTwPIbbyYi89dVgNxr-gN-zWQjv8gKOd26Z5vOEDHVgq-v1nmSC8lsQ5dAYGz6DskpWLO5g07UFRSsLa-n2ikMrHUxxfDVSXlVwUYlAGxdAEOtJiYB4Yrbyv1BEZkSv0WtP\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step II.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Open the<strong> Wp-content <\/strong>folder, to see several other folders including the <strong>plugins<\/strong> folder. To deactivate <strong>ALL<\/strong> the plugins , rename the plugins folder&nbsp; to a name you can recall, in case&nbsp; you would want to revert.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/ikJfroAJG_CfYR1tteCh6Ok_Np8VroaVBtdL_SCBX17ueHqd0G-k1fMzGGFRfW5AyaSXN5fJPwQ8ZQOlkQk0E6YC6TI2F4ZHPpXKju-KNr4Y_HjEEMZoexVqMtJFF4qIshKXMvP8\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step III<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To deactivate a specific plugin, open the&nbsp; plugins&nbsp; folder and rename&nbsp; the <strong>specific plugin folder<\/strong> name. Remember to do it in a manner&nbsp; that you can easily revert or bring back the original name to activate it once again. <strong>A tip: <\/strong>You can do that by adding a letter at the beginning of the name and proceed with troubleshooting:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/XJeCQu7Xb_S5EnKo5OUJyKwN3HLbOo5puuKGqOHhJKhQQWBWcVKt10gN84NbaYq8SoFZrHSVQNOudz1UG4zGImBVzYeeGq-bvkkWY8ygpelJvIDs3rxq3Zep9kifJt3Aok2atINz\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Final<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By following the above steps, you will be able to identify a troublesome plugin for instance by disabling specific plugins&nbsp; in turns and reloading the site to be able to single out the&nbsp; problematic plugin in the end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">END<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Disabling or deactivating WordPress plugins is one&nbsp; of the ways to troubleshoot plugin-related errors on wordpress websites. 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