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Temporarily disable WordPress plugins

Update 09/01/2026

This guide explains how to disable all extensions installed on your WordPress on a Web Hosting.

 

Introduction

  • Disabling WordPress plugins allows you to quickly identify if one of them is causing an issue on your site, and to draw the necessary conclusions in order to fix it.

 

Quickly disable WP plugins

To disable all WordPress plugins:

  1. Log in to the server via FTP (need help?).
  2. Go to the website location (the folder corresponding to your WordPress site).
  3. Rename /wp-content/plugins to /wp-content/_plugins, for example.
    • To disable a specific plugin, rename /wp-content/plugins/PluginName to /wp-content/plugins/_PluginName, for example.

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