{"id":24310,"date":"2022-02-02T14:29:25","date_gmt":"2022-02-02T14:29:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1-grid.com\/knowledge\/wordpress-how-to-enable-disable-or-delete-plugins\/"},"modified":"2023-08-30T13:42:12","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T13:42:12","slug":"wordpress-how-to-enable-disable-or-delete-plugins","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/1grid.co.za\/knowledge\/wordpress-how-to-enable-disable-or-delete-plugins\/","title":{"rendered":"WordPress: How to enable \/disable or delete  Plugins"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote data-identifyelement=\"473\"><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;\" data-contrast=\"auto\" data-identifyelement=\"474\">This quick guide will <span style=\"color: #000000;\">take<\/span> you through the steps of managing your WordPress plugins.<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p data-identifyelement=\"476\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-identifyelement=\"476\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px;\" data-contrast=\"none\" data-identifyelement=\"228\"><strong style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;\" data-identifyelement=\"229\">Step 1<\/strong> &#8211; Login to your WordPress<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 8px 0px 4px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; line-height: 17px; list-style: disc; color: #183247; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\" data-identifyelement=\"230\">\n<li style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; word-break: normal; overflow-wrap: break-word;\" data-identifyelement=\"231\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" data-contrast=\"none\" data-identifyelement=\"232\">Login with your WordPress admin login details created upon installation.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; word-break: normal; overflow-wrap: break-word; color: #183247; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\" data-identifyelement=\"233\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; word-break: normal; overflow-wrap: break-word; color: #183247; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\" data-identifyelement=\"235\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" data-contrast=\"none\" data-identifyelement=\"236\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"fr-fic fr-fil fr-dib aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/cdn.freshdesk.com\/data\/helpdesk\/attachments\/production\/33092386769\/original\/-M4qGcmlhtPicc1mMSwiXgWDHizFA80MUw.png?1677763777\" width=\"243\" height=\"368\" data-attachment=\"[object Object]\" data-id=\"33092386769\" \/><\/span><br style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" data-identifyelement=\"238\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; word-break: normal; overflow-wrap: break-word; color: #183247; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\" data-identifyelement=\"239\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-identifyelement=\"241\">\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; word-break: normal; overflow-wrap: break-word; color: #183247; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\" data-identifyelement=\"241\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" data-contrast=\"none\" data-identifyelement=\"242\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px;\" data-contrast=\"none\" data-identifyelement=\"243\"><strong style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;\" data-identifyelement=\"244\">Step 2<\/strong> &#8211; Click on <strong>Plugins<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p data-identifyelement=\"241\">\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; word-break: normal; overflow-wrap: break-word; color: #183247; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\" data-identifyelement=\"241\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; word-break: normal; overflow-wrap: break-word; color: #183247; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\" data-identifyelement=\"241\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" data-contrast=\"none\" data-identifyelement=\"242\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 24px;\" data-contrast=\"none\" data-identifyelement=\"243\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"fr-fic fr-dib fr-bordered fr-shadow aligncenter\" style=\"width: 572px;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/cdn.freshdesk.com\/data\/helpdesk\/attachments\/production\/33040377575\/original\/Ank3uFlbxhJCO3mN91_ehY7HtdL5wOar9Q.png?1588853835\" height=\"339\" data-id=\"33040377515\" \/><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-identifyelement=\"241\">\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; word-break: normal; overflow-wrap: break-word; color: #183247; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;\" data-identifyelement=\"241\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\" data-contrast=\"none\" data-identifyelement=\"242\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px;\" data-contrast=\"none\" data-identifyelement=\"243\"><strong style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;\" data-identifyelement=\"244\">Step 3\u00a0<\/strong>&#8211; Tick the relevant Plugin and update it&#8217;s status<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><strong>Activate<\/strong> &#8211; enable the plugin<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><strong>Deactivate &#8211;<\/strong> disable the plugin<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; word-break: normal; overflow-wrap: break-word; color: #183247; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;\" data-identifyelement=\"241\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><strong>Delete<\/strong> &#8211; Completely delete the plugin from your WordPress<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-identifyelement=\"476\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"fr-fic fr-dib fr-bordered fr-shadow aligncenter\" style=\"width: 612px;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/cdn.freshdesk.com\/data\/helpdesk\/attachments\/production\/33040377866\/original\/WBokAgW_Aio0bqfzAvjnZrXiCan64YE3kg.png?1588854248\" height=\"373\" data-id=\"33040377624\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p data-identifyelement=\"478\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-identifyelement=\"504\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\" data-identifyelement=\"505\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p data-identifyelement=\"512\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\" data-identifyelement=\"514\"><strong>Disabling plugins via cPanel File manager<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p data-identifyelement=\"512\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20.8px; word-break: normal; overflow-wrap: break-word; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif; color: #333333; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #fefefe;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px;\"><strong style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;\">Step 1<\/strong>&#8211; Login to cPanel<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 8px 0px 4px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; list-style: outside disc; line-height: 17px; color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #fefefe;\">\n<li style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 20.8px; font-size: 16px !important; margin: 0px; word-break: normal; overflow-wrap: break-word; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif !important;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Please see our article on logging into cPanel<\/span> <a style=\"box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: #00c1dc; text-decoration: none; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif !important;\" href=\"https:\/\/1-grid.com\/knowledge\/how-to-log-in-to-cpanel-via-your-1-grid-customer-zone\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here.<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20.8px; word-break: normal; overflow-wrap: break-word; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif; color: #333333; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #fefefe;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20.8px; word-break: normal; overflow-wrap: break-word; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif; color: #333333; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #fefefe;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20.8px; word-break: normal; overflow-wrap: break-word; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif; color: #333333; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #fefefe;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px;\"><strong style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;\">Step 2\u00a0<\/strong>&#8211; Click on <strong style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;\">File Manager\u00a0<\/strong>under your <strong style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;\">Files\u00a0<\/strong>section.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20.8px; word-break: normal; overflow-wrap: break-word; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif; color: #333333; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #fefefe;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20.8px; word-break: normal; overflow-wrap: break-word; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif; color: #333333; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #fefefe;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"><a style=\"box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: #2753d7; text-decoration: none; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif !important;\" href=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/cdn.freshdesk.com\/data\/helpdesk\/attachments\/production\/33039049501\/original\/N1k8wf0obKFZI9BGbrAmxwIZCVkREgbgzA.png?1585831313\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"fr-fic fr-dib aligncenter\" style=\"box-sizing: content-box; border: 1px solid #cccccc; max-width: 100%; width: 586px; height: 252.286px;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/cdn.freshdesk.com\/data\/helpdesk\/attachments\/production\/33040378206\/original\/fx854RholGSgj7aUWj8XfG5FtLfYCDXBRg.jpeg?1588854609\" data-id=\"33040378206\" data-attachment=\"[object Object]\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p data-identifyelement=\"512\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\" data-identifyelement=\"514\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20.8px; word-break: normal; overflow-wrap: break-word; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif; color: #333333; font-weight: 400; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px;\"><strong style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;\">Step 3\u00a0<\/strong>&#8211; In you website directory go to wp-content &gt; plugins<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Rename the relevant plugin to something like old_askimet for example.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">To active the plugin again just rename it back to the original folder name.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Click <strong>Rename File<\/strong> to save changes.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20.8px; word-break: normal; overflow-wrap: break-word; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif; color: #333333; font-weight: 400; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"fr-fic fr-dib fr-bordered fr-shadow aligncenter\" style=\"width: 487px;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/cdn.freshdesk.com\/data\/helpdesk\/attachments\/production\/33040378473\/original\/zWtKn6BayJViiQniaNsuAu1RwgtgHFyheQ.png?1588854954\" height=\"307\" data-id=\"33040378340\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p data-identifyelement=\"515\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\" data-identifyelement=\"516\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This quick guide will take you through the steps of managing your WordPress plugins.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Step 1 &#8211; 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