Title: How to find missing plugins?
Last modified: September 1, 2016

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# How to find missing plugins?

 *  Resolved [vermit](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vermit/)
 * (@vermit)
 * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-find-missing-plugins/)
 * I am trying to help a friend re-install their wordpress site after their let 
   their hosting expire and all the data is hence lost.
    Backups were there for 
   the web files and the database but there seems to be no backup for the plugins.
 * How do I find out what plugins the site was using before?
 * Thanks

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 *  [magefix](https://wordpress.org/support/users/magefix/)
 * (@magefix)
 * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-find-missing-plugins/#post-7665216)
 * So, in your backup, the folder /wp-content/plugins/ is empty?
 *  [magefix](https://wordpress.org/support/users/magefix/)
 * (@magefix)
 * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-find-missing-plugins/#post-7665217)
 * And what’s the website URL?
 *  Thread Starter [vermit](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vermit/)
 * (@vermit)
 * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-find-missing-plugins/#post-7665234)
 * In the backup, the plugins folder itself is not there.
    The website is: [http://www.crocusessentials.ca/](http://www.crocusessentials.ca/)
 * Thanks for your help.
 *  [magefix](https://wordpress.org/support/users/magefix/)
 * (@magefix)
 * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-find-missing-plugins/#post-7665236)
 * I was thinking to look for some versions of your website on `https://web.archive.
   org`, but it’s not indexed there 🙁
 * In this case I think you should re-install the plugins you might find useful 
   now.
 *  Thread Starter [vermit](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vermit/)
 * (@vermit)
 * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-find-missing-plugins/#post-7665239)
 * So there is no way to find out which plugins were installed previously? maybe
   through the backed up database?
 *  Moderator [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/)
 * (@sterndata)
 * Volunteer Forum Moderator
 * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-find-missing-plugins/#post-7665242)
 * If you have the database, look in wp_options for “active_plugins”.
 *  Thread Starter [vermit](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vermit/)
 * (@vermit)
 * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-find-missing-plugins/#post-7665245)
 * Yes! I found “active_plugins”.
    Probably a dumb question but can I download it
   or ??
 * Thanks Steve.
 *  Moderator [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/)
 * (@sterndata)
 * Volunteer Forum Moderator
 * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-find-missing-plugins/#post-7665247)
 * download it? It just tells you which plugins were active. If you want to download
   those plugins, you need to go to wp.org/plugins and download them. (Is that what
   you’re asking?)
 *  Thread Starter [vermit](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vermit/)
 * (@vermit)
 * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-find-missing-plugins/#post-7665250)
 * nvm please go back in time and delete that from your memory as I’m not sure what
   I was thinking.
    But thanks a ton Steve, I have found the list of plugins and
   hopefully this resolves it.
 *  Moderator [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/)
 * (@sterndata)
 * Volunteer Forum Moderator
 * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-find-missing-plugins/#post-7665253)
 * > nvm please go back in time and delete that from your memory as I’m not sure
   > what I was thinking.
 * Heh…. Yeah, Been There, Done That, Can’t Find The T-Shirt

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