How to Deactivate a WordPress Plugin via FTP (When Admin is Broken)
Can't access your WordPress admin because of a problematic plugin? Learn how to deactivate WordPress plugins via FTP or cPanel File Manager in this tutorial.
🎯 What you'll learn:
• Why you might need to deactivate plugins via FTP
• When this method is most useful
• How to deactivate plugins using FTP
• Easier method using cPanel File Manager
• What to do with the bad plugin after deactivating
🚨 Common scenarios this fixes:
White screen of death (WSOD)
Can't log into WordPress admin
500 internal server error
Site crashed after plugin update
Plugin conflict preventing access
No WordPress admin access needed - this works even when your site is completely broken!
0:00 Intro
0:20 Why deactivate plugins via FTP
1:10 How to identify the plugin to blame
2:30 How to deactivate plugins via File Manager (easier)
4:20 How to deactivate plugins via FTP
5:30 What to do next
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