Title: Could a deactivated plugin still affect wordpress?
Last modified: November 30, 2020

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# Could a deactivated plugin still affect wordpress?

 *  [evan1966](https://wordpress.org/support/users/evan1966/)
 * (@evan1966)
 * [5 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/could-a-deactivated-plugin-still-affect-wordpress/)
 * When trouble shooting wordpress crashes, suspected to be caused by a plugin, 
   is it enough to deactivate each plugin? Or should I deactivate and delete the
   plugin as well?
    Could a deactivated plugin still affect wordpress?
 * Thanks.

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 *  [Liew Cheon-Fong](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lcf/)
 * (@lcf)
 * [5 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/could-a-deactivated-plugin-still-affect-wordpress/#post-13723978)
 * A good practice is to remove plugins that you are not using.
 *  Thread Starter [evan1966](https://wordpress.org/support/users/evan1966/)
 * (@evan1966)
 * [5 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/could-a-deactivated-plugin-still-affect-wordpress/#post-13724305)
 * I am still using them.
 * Do I need to remove them when testing which one causes problems.
 * Or can I just deactivate them.
 * If I just deactivate, then easier to remember which ones were instaled.
 * But only if a deactivated plugin will not cause any problems.
 * So, will deactivated not interfere with anything else, the same os un-install?

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 * Last activity: [5 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/could-a-deactivated-plugin-still-affect-wordpress/#post-13724305)
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