{"id":25928,"date":"2020-12-21T02:54:24","date_gmt":"2020-12-20T18:54:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.mwwsb.com.my\/pjci\/?post_type=kb&#038;p=25928"},"modified":"2022-09-08T21:25:10","modified_gmt":"2022-09-08T13:25:10","slug":"how-to-disable-plugins-in-wordpress","status":"publish","type":"kb","link":"https:\/\/www.casbay.com\/guide\/kb\/how-to-disable-plugins-in-wordpress","title":{"rendered":"HOW TO: Disable plugins in WordPress"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"25928\" class=\"elementor elementor-25928\" data-elementor-post-type=\"kb\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-10b358a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"10b358a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f731641\" data-id=\"f731641\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8b3400c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8b3400c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">HOW TO: Disable plugins in WordPress<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fdadcfc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fdadcfc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>As an active <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\">WordPress<\/a> user, sometimes you may encounter errors that disrupt your workflow. To resolve them, you may need to disable all your WordPress plugins. Fortunately, you can easily do so even if you lose access to your WordPress admin dashboard.<\/p><div class=\"wp-block-columns\"><div class=\"wp-block-column\"><p>This article describes how to <strong>disable individual plugins<\/strong>, as well as how to <strong>disable all plugins<\/strong> at once.<\/p><p>Let\u2019s get started!<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c70153a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c70153a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Disabling Individual Plugins<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d40147 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7d40147\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>You can easily enable and disable individual plugins from the WordPress interface. To do this, follow these steps:<\/p><ol><li>Log in to WordPress as the administrator.<\/li><li>In the left-hand pane, click\u00a0<strong><span class=\"UI\">Plugins<\/span><\/strong>.<\/li><li>Locate the plugin you want to disable, and then click\u00a0<strong><span class=\"UI\">Deactivate<\/span><\/strong>.<br \/><div class=\"note\">To re-enable the plugin, click\u00a0<strong><span class=\"UI\">Activate<\/span><\/strong>.<\/div><\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e611ec elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2e611ec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Disabling All Plugins<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ce74951 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ce74951\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>You can use the WordPress administration interface\u2019s bulk action feature on the plugins page to disable multiple plugins at once. But if you have a lot of plugins installed, or if the administration interface is inaccessible, there is another way to disable all plugins at once. To do this, follow these steps:<\/p><ol><li>Log in to your cPanel account.<\/li><li>In the\u00a0<strong><span class=\"UI\">Files<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0section of the cPanel home screen, click\u00a0<strong><span class=\"UI\">File Manager<\/span><\/strong>.<\/li><li>Navigate to the directory where WordPress is installed.<\/li><li>Open the\u00a0<em>wp-content<\/em>\u00a0directory.<\/li><li>Right-click the\u00a0<em>plugins<\/em>\u00a0directory, and then click\u00a0<strong><span class=\"UI\">Rename<\/span><\/strong>.<\/li><li>In the\u00a0<strong><span class=\"UI\">Rename<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0dialog box, type a new name for the\u00a0<em>plugins<\/em>\u00a0directory, such as\u00a0<strong><span class=\"user-input\">plugins-disabled<\/span><\/strong>.<\/li><li>Click Rename File. All plugins are now disabled.<\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-30a4e9a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"30a4e9a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How Plugins Impact the Speed of Your Site<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5967870 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5967870\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Every plugin you use requires some amount of processing power. Therefore, if using too many of them could, it will cause your site to load slowly. That\u2019s a problem because site speed is crucial to maintaining a successful website. Besides that, almost half of the users will abandon a page that takes more than three seconds to load.<\/p><p>However, there\u2019s a way to reduce your page loading times without sacrificing the number of plugins. You can disable plugins from running on certain pages. This makes them only load when necessary. Through this, you can reap the benefits of using powerful WordPress plugins to increase your site\u2019s functionality, while also optimizing your pages\u2019 speed.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HOW TO: Disable plugins in WordPress As an active WordPress user, sometimes you may encounter errors that disrupt your workflow. To resolve them, you may need to disable all your WordPress plugins. Fortunately, you can easily do so even if you lose access to your WordPress admin dashboard. 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