Plugin Activation and deactivated plugin list

  • Resolved India_leigh

    (@india_leigh)


    11 years, 1 month ago

    ello,

    A few weeks ago I was locked out of my site as I could not remember my password and I was unable to change it. I found a website (that I now cannot find) that suggested a way to access my site without logging on to deactivate all my plugins. This then allowed me to request a new password. I have now found that I do not have a list of my old plugins to reinstall.

    1) do you know what i might have done to deactivate my plug ins?
    2) where I can get a list of my old plugins?

    Also now I cannot install any plugins. I just keep getting an error message.

    1) how can I get wordpress to allow plugin installs?

    You should know I am a complete novice and do not know about coding.

    Thanks!!
    India
    http://www.aveganobsession.com

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  • martcol

    (@hotmale)

    11 years, 1 month ago

    One method of sorting out a troublesome plugin or theme is to use cPanel or FTP to change the plugin/theme file name. Or maybe delete the folder.

    Maybe you tried that? If you deleted them from your server that way, then I think you lost them. If you changed the folder name, then you might change them back again.

    The plugin folder should be under the wp-content folder. If you deleted the plugin folder then we might both be out of our depth! I have no idea what happens to a WP site if that happens and I don’t fancy testing it. 😉

    Thread Starter India_leigh

    (@india_leigh)

    11 years, 1 month ago

    thanks Marcol

    the problem is that i need to reinstall plugins. I do not have a list of the plugins I had and wp is not listing any plugins for me to reactivate. Also when i try to install any plug in it is not allowing me to do so.

    martcol

    (@hotmale)

    11 years, 1 month ago

    Also when i try to install any plug in it is not allowing me to do so

    That’s what stumps me. And that’s why I wonder if you used FTP or cPanel to change the plugin folder?

    I think you have two problems 1)How did you disable plugins in the first place? 2) What plugins were you using?

    I’m afraid I can’t help with either of those and it maybe a starting place might be to just confirm that you have a plugin folder in the wp-content folder?

    Maybe someone with more expertise than I will take a look here.

    Thread Starter India_leigh

    (@india_leigh)

    11 years, 1 month ago

    Hey Martcol.

    No worries. It seems I went to blue host and renamed my plugins list and deactivated them there. I called them and they just clicked back onto the original folder for me!

    Yay!

    martcol

    (@hotmale)

    11 years, 1 month ago

    Phwew!

    Glad you fixed it.

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