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Deactivate WordPress Plugins without Logging Into WP Admin (Video Tutorial)

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Last updated: October 18, 2020





Every now and then we get users who find themselves in a tough situation where they need to deactivate a plugin but they can’t log into the WordPress admin dashboard. We have created video tutorials covering 2 techniques that you can use to deactivate your WordPress plugins without having to log into your WP admin.

These 2 techniques will come in handy if you ever find yourself in one of the following situations:

  • Installed a WordPress plugin and you get a white/blank screen when you log into your WP Admin
  • Edited some PHP code from the plugin or theme editor and there was an error so you can’t access the WP Admin anymore
  • Installed a WordPress security plugin that locked you out and you can’t get inside WP Admin

Deactivating WordPress Plugin Using PHPMyAdmin

Deactivating WordPress Plugin Using FTP



Another Video Showing Both the Options

Alternatively, you can watch this videos on YouTube by going to the following link:

  • Deactivate WordPress Plugins without Logging Into WP Admin

Hopefully this video will save the day if you ever find yourself in this situation.

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Comments (14 responses)

  1. Codey May says:
    July 9, 2015 at 9:13 pm

    You are a live saver! Thanks so much. Your video saved me hours.

  2. john says:
    May 12, 2015 at 4:28 pm

    Just wanted to say thank you so much for creating this tutorial! I had activated a security plugin and was subsequently locked out of my WP dashboard. My attempts to reload the .htaccess file were fruitless. This video got me up and running again! Thank you a thousand times!

  3. Robert says:
    March 30, 2013 at 8:43 pm

    Thanks alot! for creating this video i had a corrupt plugin. And couldn’t login in wp-admin panel anymore. After removing the plugin using your tutorial it worked again!
    thnx!

  4. Annett Bone says:
    February 23, 2013 at 3:46 pm

    Thank you so much for this tutorial! Helped me tremendously!

  5. TurboTax Canada says:
    February 20, 2013 at 11:10 am

    Deleting the folder all together will also have the same effect. But then you will need to reinstall if there’s an update that appears to work fine.

  6. tablet pc says:
    May 31, 2012 at 11:46 pm

    Very useful, I try to look

  7. Bee says:
    May 26, 2012 at 1:51 pm

    Thanks for this tutorial 🙂 I like it, i will try it 🙂 Thank again!

  8. martin says:
    April 29, 2012 at 8:59 am

    wow, great . i will test it !

  9. Laureen says:
    April 26, 2012 at 7:09 am

    Thank you for this tutorial. I wasn’t able to login to WordPress after installing one of the plugins. You saved me.

  10. Khan says:
    April 18, 2012 at 1:45 pm

    Wow it’s really good. I try it and it working.Thanks…

  11. Eric says:
    April 18, 2012 at 7:18 am

    Nice “trick” and really useful in some situations. Thanks!

  12. Technopolis WD Team says:
    April 17, 2012 at 4:04 am

    That is useful. it also works on wordpress themes. renaming it’s folder will set default wordpress theme as current theme, if you hadn’t deleted it before!

  13. Robert says:
    April 15, 2012 at 12:25 am

    Thank you for creating this video tutorial. I was customizing a plugin and I started receiving an error message after I updated the plugin file. This error prevented me from being able to go to the plugins menu in WP dashboard and deactivate the plugin. I applied the FTP method to deactivate the plugin and start over.

  14. Steve says:
    April 11, 2012 at 11:38 pm

    I like to rename the plugin folder from cpanel and that deactivates the plugin, pretty simple. But this is rarely needed cause most plugins work with the most recent WP versions.

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