How to deactivate WordPress plugins via FTP?

Sometimes you may not have access to your WordPress admin area. This could be due to errors caused by conflicting WordPress plugins and you need another way to deactivate these plugins in order to work out what is causing the problems.

This can be done via FTP and in order to do this, simply follow these steps:

  1. Connect to your server via FTP. There are various options available and we recommend the free FileZilla FTP client.
  2. Navigate to your websites root folder and enter the /wp-content folder.
  3. Select the /plugins folder and rename it to anything you like such as plugins.test

That’s it! All of your plugins are now disabled.

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