Title: all plugins missing
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# all plugins missing

 *  [Kevin Räihälä](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kevinraihala/)
 * (@kevinraihala)
 * [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/all-plugins-missing/)
 * I have what I thought was a stable wordpress installation until today. All the
   plugins are missing from the site. They are still in the plugin directory (/pgn/
   wp-content/plugins/) on the server. However, wordpress does not see them.
 * Has anyone heard of this happening before? At this point I don’t know if it was
   attacked or imploded itself. I have not recently installed anything new. I restored
   last nights database and nothing changed.
 * Is there a single php file I can restore to have my plugins re-appear in the 
   dashboard installed plugins page?

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 *  Thread Starter [Kevin Räihälä](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kevinraihala/)
 * (@kevinraihala)
 * [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/all-plugins-missing/#post-2631070)
 * After making coffee, taking two Excedrin and prayer. I tried to re-install the
   plugins. !!”failed, directory exists”!!
 * I renamed the directory and re installed one of my plugins. The settings were
   all there! Hmmmmm. The database must be ok then.
 * Still does not explain why **all**_ the plugins disappeared from the dashboard.
   Lesson learned: Pray first, coffee and Excedrin won’t be necessary._
 * Kevin
 *  [Christine Rondeau](https://wordpress.org/support/users/crondeau/)
 * (@crondeau)
 * [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/all-plugins-missing/#post-2631103)
 * Yes, that is a strange one.. I don’t know why the plugins would have disappeared
   like that. But if you delete a plugin by accident and re-install it, the settings
   should be in there.

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 * [plugins missing](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/plugins-missing/)

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 2 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [Christine Rondeau](https://wordpress.org/support/users/crondeau/)
 * Last activity: [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/all-plugins-missing/#post-2631103)
 * Status: not resolved

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