{"id":8084,"date":"2022-10-19T07:49:38","date_gmt":"2022-10-19T07:49:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=8084"},"modified":"2024-06-21T08:31:09","modified_gmt":"2024-06-21T08:31:09","password":"","slug":"how-to-disable-a-plugin-in-wordpress-from-file-manager","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/knowledge-base\/how-to-disable-a-plugin-in-wordpress-from-file-manager\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Disable a Plugin in WordPress from File Manager"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Sometimes, you may install a plugin and it turns out to be incompatible with other components of your WordPress site e.g theme or the WordPress version. This may result in errors on your site or downtime even.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, even if you know the cause of the issue is a specific plugin, the dashboard may not be accessible to allow you to remove the plugin and revert changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is where disabling a plugin via file manager comes in handy. To do this, follow the steps below<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1.Login to your cPanel and navigate to <strong>File Manager<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-zoooom\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1003\" height=\"331\" src=\"https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screenshot-2022-10-19-at-10-37-35-cPanel-Tools.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8085\" srcset=\"https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screenshot-2022-10-19-at-10-37-35-cPanel-Tools.png 1003w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screenshot-2022-10-19-at-10-37-35-cPanel-Tools-300x99.png 300w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screenshot-2022-10-19-at-10-37-35-cPanel-Tools-768x253.png 768w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screenshot-2022-10-19-at-10-37-35-cPanel-Tools-50x17.png 50w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screenshot-2022-10-19-at-10-37-35-cPanel-Tools-920x304.png 920w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screenshot-2022-10-19-at-10-37-35-cPanel-Tools-600x198.png 600w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screenshot-2022-10-19-at-10-37-35-cPanel-Tools-320x106.png 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1003px) 100vw, 1003px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>2.Navigate to the folder that has your WordPress site. For your main domain, this is the <strong>public_html<\/strong> folder<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3.Go to <strong>wp-content<\/strong> folder<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-zoooom\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"247\" src=\"https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screenshot-2022-10-19-at-10-40-55-cPanel-File-Manager-v3-1024x247.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8086\" srcset=\"https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screenshot-2022-10-19-at-10-40-55-cPanel-File-Manager-v3-1024x247.png 1024w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screenshot-2022-10-19-at-10-40-55-cPanel-File-Manager-v3-300x72.png 300w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screenshot-2022-10-19-at-10-40-55-cPanel-File-Manager-v3-768x185.png 768w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screenshot-2022-10-19-at-10-40-55-cPanel-File-Manager-v3-50x12.png 50w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screenshot-2022-10-19-at-10-40-55-cPanel-File-Manager-v3-1536x370.png 1536w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screenshot-2022-10-19-at-10-40-55-cPanel-File-Manager-v3-920x221.png 920w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screenshot-2022-10-19-at-10-40-55-cPanel-File-Manager-v3-600x144.png 600w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screenshot-2022-10-19-at-10-40-55-cPanel-File-Manager-v3-320x77.png 320w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screenshot-2022-10-19-at-10-40-55-cPanel-File-Manager-v3.png 1861w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>4.Go to the plugins folder. A list of your plugins folder will be named. Each plugin has its folder. To disable any one of them, simply <strong>RENAME<\/strong> the folder. For example, in this image, I will rename <strong>pagelayer<\/strong> to <strong>pagelayer.renamed<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-zoooom\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"244\" src=\"https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/imgonline-com-ua-twotoone-0UsdVBPkTmzCPgi-1024x244.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8087\" srcset=\"https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/imgonline-com-ua-twotoone-0UsdVBPkTmzCPgi-1024x244.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/imgonline-com-ua-twotoone-0UsdVBPkTmzCPgi-300x71.jpg 300w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/imgonline-com-ua-twotoone-0UsdVBPkTmzCPgi-768x183.jpg 768w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/imgonline-com-ua-twotoone-0UsdVBPkTmzCPgi-50x12.jpg 50w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/imgonline-com-ua-twotoone-0UsdVBPkTmzCPgi-1536x366.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/imgonline-com-ua-twotoone-0UsdVBPkTmzCPgi-2048x488.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/imgonline-com-ua-twotoone-0UsdVBPkTmzCPgi-920x219.jpg 920w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/imgonline-com-ua-twotoone-0UsdVBPkTmzCPgi-600x143.jpg 600w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/imgonline-com-ua-twotoone-0UsdVBPkTmzCPgi-320x76.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Kudos! 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