{"id":6112,"date":"2018-12-05T12:10:44","date_gmt":"2018-12-05T17:10:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=6112"},"modified":"2021-09-14T13:01:30","modified_gmt":"2021-09-14T17:01:30","slug":"how-to-deactivate-wordpress-plugins","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/how-to-deactivate-wordpress-plugins\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Deactivate WordPress Plugins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a style=\"color:#fff; text-decoration:none!important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/tags\/wp-enthusiast\/\"><p class=\"\"style=\"background-color:#1a3d6e!important;color:#fff !important;padding:6px; display:inline-block!important;font-size:12px;font-weight:bold; border-radius:3px;\">WP Enthusiast<\/p><\/a> <a style=\"color:#fff; text-decoration:none!important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/tags\/wp-professional\/\"><p style=\"background-color:#1a3d6e !important;color:#fff !important;padding:6px; 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border-radius:3px;\">Podcast Websites<\/p><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Plugins can help you add functionality to your website, but it is sometimes necessary to deactivate and remove a plugin from your WordPress site. <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Deactivate a Plugin<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To deactivate a plugin, follow these steps:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Log in to the WordPress Admin interface<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the left sidebar, click <\/span><b>Plugins<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/plugins.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6115 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/plugins.png\" alt=\"plugins image\" width=\"759\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/plugins.png 759w, https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/plugins-300x166.png 300w, https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/plugins-50x28.png 50w, https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/plugins-60x33.png 60w, https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/plugins-100x55.png 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 759px) 100vw, 759px\" \/><\/a><\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Find the plugin you want to deactivate and click <\/span><b>Deactivate<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/deactivate.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6114 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/deactivate.png\" alt=\"deactivate image\" width=\"798\" height=\"383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/deactivate.png 798w, https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/deactivate-300x144.png 300w, https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/deactivate-768x369.png 768w, https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/deactivate-50x24.png 50w, https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/deactivate-60x29.png 60w, https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/deactivate-100x48.png 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 798px) 100vw, 798px\" \/><\/a><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If successful, a message bar will appear at the top of the Plugins page with the message, \u201cPlugin deactivated.\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/plugin-deactivated-message.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-2\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6113 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/plugin-deactivated-message.png\" alt=\"message image\" width=\"816\" height=\"186\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/plugin-deactivated-message.png 816w, https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/plugin-deactivated-message-300x68.png 300w, https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/plugin-deactivated-message-768x175.png 768w, https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/plugin-deactivated-message-50x11.png 50w, https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/plugin-deactivated-message-60x14.png 60w, https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/plugin-deactivated-message-100x23.png 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 816px) 100vw, 816px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Plugins can help you add functionality to your website, but it is sometimes necessary to deactivate and remove a plugin from your WordPress site. 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