Title: critical error
Last modified: December 12, 2022

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# critical error

 *  [suzannlund](https://wordpress.org/support/users/suzannlund/)
 * (@suzannlund)
 * [3 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/critical-error-449/)
 * I get a critical error message when I log in. I used FTP to rename the plugins
   folder to plugins.hold and then went to wp-admin/plugins.php. When I went back
   I got the same error message.
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fcritical-error-449%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Moderator [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/)
 * (@sterndata)
 * Volunteer Forum Moderator
 * [3 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/critical-error-449/#post-16282799)
 * Errors like this are logged. Check the error log on your server. If you can’t
   find the log, please contact your host.
 * **Meantime, enable wp_debug and wp_debug_log and after an error, look at wp-content/
   debug.log to see if anything gets logged there. [https://wordpress.org/support/article/debugging-in-wordpress/](https://wordpress.org/support/article/debugging-in-wordpress/)**
 * You can also try this: Please attempt to disable all plugins, and use one of 
   the default (Twenty*) themes. If the problem goes away, enable them one by one
   to identify the source of your troubles.
 * If you cannot access wp-admin, there are other ways to deactivate plugins:  [https://wordpress.org/support/article/faq-troubleshooting/#how-to-deactivate-all-plugins-when-not-able-to-access-the-administrative-menus](https://wordpress.org/support/article/faq-troubleshooting/#how-to-deactivate-all-plugins-when-not-able-to-access-the-administrative-menus)

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 * Last reply from: [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/)
 * Last activity: [3 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/critical-error-449/#post-16282799)
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