{"id":5344,"date":"2021-04-29T19:27:46","date_gmt":"2021-04-29T19:27:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/?post_type=ht_kb&p=5344"},"modified":"2024-10-16T09:25:06","modified_gmt":"2024-10-16T09:25:06","slug":"disable-wordpress-plugins-database","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/article\/disable-wordpress-plugins-database\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Disable WordPress Plugins From The Database"},"content":{"rendered":"

Say you just installed a plugin you thought would be really helpful for your site and right after activating it, your site is now dark, broken, and sad. You can’t log in to your \/wp-admin to disable the plugin and you’re seemingly stuck. You need to disable the plugin but how?<\/p>\n

Did you know you can disable the plugin from the database itself? Yep, sure can! In this knowledgebase article, I’ll show you how!<\/p>\n

How To Disable WordPress Plugins From The Database<\/h2>\n \t\t
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\r\n \t\t\t\t\tDisabling the plugin via the database is not the only way you can recover your site should a plugin take it down. There are several ways and it’s all about personal preference! \t\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n \t\t\t \t\t\t\r\n \t\t<\/div>\r\n \t\t\n

Step 1:<\/strong> Login to your cPanel. There’s a lot of ways to do this, but the sure fire easiest way is to login to your Client Area<\/a>, then open your cPanel.<\/p>\n

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Step 2:<\/strong> Once your cPanel is open, scroll down to the Database section and click the phpMyAdmin app to open the utility.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Step 3:<\/strong> Once phpMyAdmin is open, look for your database on the left side and click the + to expand the list of tables within the database.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Step 4:<\/strong> The table in which plugin data is stored is always in _options. Click the table name to open it in phpMyAdmin on the right side.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Step 5:<\/strong> Use the pagination feature to go to page 2 of your database where you should see the option_name is active_plugins.<\/p>\n

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Step 6:<\/strong> Click the option_value, which in this case looks like this:<\/p>\n

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Note the portion in the orange box, this is the option_value. To open this text and see it fully, double click it.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Keep in mind, yours will look different than what you see above because you will no doubt have different plugins installed than I do. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Step 7:<\/strong> To disable your plugins, delete the text in this box. The plugins won’t be uninstalled, simply set to deactivated status.<\/p>\n

To save your changes, click anywhere in the table view outside of the box where you deleted the text.<\/p>\n

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You will see a message appear ever so briefly which states 1 row affected.<\/p>\n

Step 8:<\/strong> Now return to your website and try to access your \/wp-admin and you should be able to!<\/p>\n

And that’s how you use phpMyAdmin to disable the plugins you’ve installed in your WordPress site!<\/p>\n

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