How to Disable Individual Plugins and All Plugins in WordPress

This article describes how to disable individual plugins, as well as how to disable all plugins at once.

Disabling Individual Plugins
You can easily enable and disable individual plugins from the WordPress interface. To do this, follow these steps:

1- Log in to WordPress as the administrator.
2- In the left-hand pane, click Plugins.
3- Locate the plugin you want to disable, and then click Deactivate.
4- To re-enable the plugin, click Activate.

Disabling All Plugins
If you need to disable multiple plugins at once, you can use the bulk action feature on the plugins page. However, if you have a lot of plugins installed, or if the administration interface is inaccessible, there is another way to disable all plugins at once. To do this, follow these steps:

1- Log in to your hosting account (e.g., cPanel, Plesk, etc.).
2- In the Files section of the hosting control panel home screen, click File Manager.
3- Navigate to the directory where WordPress is installed.
4- Open the wp-content directory.
5- Right-click the plugins directory, and then click Rename.
6- In the Rename dialog box, type a new name for the plugins directory, such as plugins-disabled.
7- Click Rename File. All plugins are now disabled.

To re-enable the plugins, rename the plugins-disabled directory back to plugins.
Alternative Method: Using FTP

If you do not have access to your hosting control panel, you can also use an FTP client to disable all plugins:

1- Connect to your website using an FTP client (e.g., FileZilla).
2- Navigate to the directory where WordPress is installed.
3- Open the wp-content directory.
4- Locate the plugins directory, right-click it, and select Rename.
5- Rename the directory to something like plugins-disabled.
6- All plugins are now disabled.

To re-enable the plugins, rename the plugins-disabled directory back to plugins.