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title: Disabling WordPress Plugins from cPanel
description: "# 🔧 Disabling WordPress Plugins from cPanel **Disable WordPress plugins from cPanel** is one of the fastest ways to fix issues caused by conflicting or broken plugins. In this guide, we’ll show you how. ### \"Why Disable Plugins via cPanel?\"…"
url: "https://www.hyyat.com/en/knowledgebase/disable-wordpress-plugins-cpanel/"
updated: "2026-10-21"
category: WordPress explanations
tags:
  - WordPress
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# Disabling WordPress Plugins from cPanel

# 🔧 Disabling WordPress Plugins from cPanel

**Disable WordPress plugins from cPanel** is one of the fastest ways to fix issues caused by conflicting or broken plugins. In this guide, we’ll show you how.

### "Why Disable Plugins via cPanel?"

- When WordPress crashes and you can’t log in
- If you're testing plugin conflicts
- For debugging performance issues

## 🔴 How to Disable All WordPress Plugins

Sometimes, a theme or plugin conflict can cause issues in your WordPress website. In such cases, we may need to disable all WordPress plugins. In this tutorial, we’ll explain how to do that using cPanel.

## ❓ What Are WordPress Plugins?

**WordPress plugins** are tools that you can install on your WordPress website to add features and functionality without writing any code. This makes WordPress much easier to use for building and managing websites.

## 🛠️ Steps to Disable Plugins

### ✅ 1- Access Your cPanel

Visit: [https://www.name.com:2083](https://www.name.com:2083)
 Replace `name` with your actual domain, and enter your **username** and **password**.

### ✅ 2- Go to the File Manager

### "Alternative Methods"

- Using FTP (FileZilla)
- Using phpMyAdmin (via database)
- Using WP-CLI for advanced users

Navigate to the **Files** section and click on **File Manager**.

![disable WordPress plugins from cPanel](https://www.hyyat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/cpanel-wordpress1.png)

### ✅ 3- Open the public_html Directory

![public_html](https://www.hyyat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/cpanel-wordpress2.png)

### ✅ 4- Navigate to wp-content/plugins

Inside the `wp-content/plugins` folder, you will see all your installed plugins listed as folders.

![plugins](https://www.hyyat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/cpanel-wordpress3.png)

### ✅ 5- Rename the Plugin Folder

To disable any plugin:

- Rename its folder (e.g., `elementor` to `elementor_disabled`)
- To disable all plugins, rename the entire `plugins` folder (e.g., to `plugins_old`)
- To re-enable them later, restore the original name.

**Q1: Will I lose my plugin settings when I rename the folder?**
A: No, plugin settings are saved in your WordPress database and won't be lost when disabling by renaming the folder.

**Q2: Can I disable only one plugin?**
A: Yes, just rename that specific plugin’s folder.

🎉 Now that you know how to disable WordPress plugins from cPanel, you can troubleshoot your site confidently. Always remember to re-enable one plugin at a time when testing, and keep backups ready before making changes.

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