How to disable/delete a WordPress plugin?

Suppose you do not want to use a plugin or a plugin is corrupted, then you can disable the plug-in. You can disable the plugin by using the:

  • WordPress admin dashboard
  • cPanel File Manager
  • FTP Client (FileZilla)
I) To disable a plugin with a WordPress dashboard follow the steps given below:
  1. Log into your WordPress dashboard account.                                              
  2. Hover over the mouse cursor on the Plugins option and click on Installed Plugins. After that, a list of all the plugins will appear that are installed.



  3. You can find the Deactivate button near the active plugin. Click on turn it off or disable the plugin.

 

II) To disable a plugin via cPanel follow the below steps:
  1. First, log in to your cPanel, using your account.                                           
  2. Next, scroll down to the Files section and click on File Manager.



  3. After the file manager is open, search and open your WordPress website's directory root.


  4. Open the folder named wp-content.



  5. Open the Plugins in this folder and you can see all of your WordPress plugins.



  6. Now select the plugin that you want to disable. Click on rename.



  7. Next, the Rename window will pop up and you have to rename the file name and click the Rename File button.



III) To disable a plugin using the FTP client (FileZilla), do the following steps:

  1. First, connect your WordPress website to the FileZilla FTP client.                             
  2. Find the plugins folder and click on it.                                                      
  3. Right-click on the plugin that you want to disable or deactivate. Then select Rename.



  4. Rename the plugin and the system will automatically deactivate the plugin for you on your website.

 

 

 

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