{"id":214,"date":"2020-04-19T11:01:09","date_gmt":"2020-04-19T08:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/?p=214"},"modified":"2024-03-04T12:49:18","modified_gmt":"2024-03-04T10:49:18","slug":"ive-activated-safe-mode-and-got-mu-plugin-message-what-can-i-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/ive-activated-safe-mode-and-got-mu-plugin-message-what-can-i-do\/","title":{"rendered":"Cannot deactivate all plugins message"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Issue<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>When activating Safe Mode, you see the following message:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Please note! We couldn\u2019t deactivate all of your plugins on Safe Mode.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This message means that Safe Mode is unable to deactivate all of the plugins installed, especially when there are MU (must-use) plugins installed. For details on MU plugins, see <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.wordpress.org\/advanced-administration\/plugins\/mu-plugins\/\">Must Use Plugins<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Possible cause<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Developer or a hosting company may implement one or more MU (must-use) plugins. This causes the issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Solution<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Deactivate any MU plugins via your server\u2019s control management panel or contact the hosting provider to deactivate it for you.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>[callout type=&#8221;note&#8221;]\u2022 Safe Mode can still help diagnose the problem, unless you manually deactivate MU plugins. These plugins will still be activated and will not be part of the troubleshooting process.<br \/>\n\u2022 Safe Mode can be activated only by site admins (users with administrator privileges), because only they can deactivate plugins. If you don\u2019t see the Enable Safe Mode option, ask your site administrator to activate safe mode and troubleshoot the problem for you. For multisite setup, only Super Admins can activate Safe Mode.[\/callout]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Related articles<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>For details on debugging Safe Mode, see <a href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/debugging-safe-mode\/\">Debugging With Safe Mode<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If debugging with Safe mode does not resolve your issue, see <a href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/safe-mode-not-solving-problem\/\">Safe Mode Activation Isn&#8217;t Solving My Problem | Elementor<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn what the message &#8220;MU Plugin&#8221; means when activating Safe Mode<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_elementor_kustomer_id":["65bcec3a00680efc6bf083cc"],"footnotes":""},"categories":[1433],"tags":[1325],"class_list":["post-214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-troubleshooting-wordpress","tag-troubleshooting"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Cannot deactivate all plugins message | Elementor<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Learn everything about Cannot deactivate all plugins message in this article from Elementor&#039;s Knowledge Base. 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