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Activate & deactivate plugins

Last Update: March 20, 2024

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Activating and deactivating plugins is often an important part of troubleshooting your site. You may run into situations where a plugin has not been updated and is causing problems on your site or you may need to isolate a problematic plugin.

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Deactivating plugins can cause issues. Create a backup before deactivating.

Deactivate single plugin

Follow these steps to activate/deactivate single plugin:

  1. Login to WP admin.
  2. Go to Plugins > Installed Plugins.
  3. For the desired plugin, click Deactivate.
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Deactivate multiple plugin

Follow these steps to activate/deactivate multiple plugins:

  1. Login to WP admin.
  2. Go to Plugins > Installed Plugins.
  3. Check the checkboxes for the desired plugins.
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  4. From Bulk actions, choose Deactivate.
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  5. Click Apply.
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