Title: Plugin has been deactivated
Last modified: May 8, 2018

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# Plugin has been deactivated

 *  Resolved [nbedford](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nbedford/)
 * (@nbedford)
 * [8 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-has-been-deactivated/)
 * Hi,
    I seem to have this problem in that once every 1-2weeks i get this error
 * The plugin wp-simple-firewall/icwp-wpsf.php has been deactivated due to an error:
   Plugin file does not exist.
 * The only way i have found to rectify is to change the original plugin folder 
   name and re upload the plugin.
 * I do have a paid subscription so look forward to any suggestions you have.
 * Neil

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 *  Plugin Author [One Dollar Plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/onedollarplugin/)
 * (@onedollarplugin)
 * [8 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-has-been-deactivated/#post-10257918)
 * Hi Neil,
 * Sorry to hear about this trouble. There’s unfortunately nothing within Shield
   security that we can do to fix this. My guess is the prime suspect is an error
   during the upgrade process.
 * This can happen for various reasons, but typically it’ll be because the process
   that’s running the upgrade is getting interrupted. You could try to replicate
   it (though it’s not thorough) by using the “re-install” link on your plugins 
   page.
    - to get the re-install link, turn it on under the Plugin/Theme Guard Scanner
      under the Hack Guard module
    - fire up your ftp to ensure you can rename the shield plugin folder incase 
      it fails and breaks the site again
    - go to the plugins page and click to re-install shield
    - hopefully it’ll fail and this will point to trouble during the plugin upgrade
      process
    - you may need to contact your host about this issue if you can replicate it
 * Other than this, I’m not sure what to suggest – do you have any other security
   plugins running? Anything that would be deleting files, or interrupting upgrade/
   installation processes?
 * It might be worth contacting your host to see if they have any suggestions as
   to what might be causing the file(s) to be deleted, or the upgrade process to
   be interrupted – it could be a [process time limit](https://wpastra.com/docs/increase-php-time-limit-wordpress-sites/).
 * Have you also checked the error log files? These might point to issues going 
   on…
 *  Thread Starter [nbedford](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nbedford/)
 * (@nbedford)
 * [8 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-has-been-deactivated/#post-10260207)
 * Thanks for the quick reply, will have a good look once i get 5 mins free..

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 * Last reply from: [nbedford](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nbedford/)
 * Last activity: [8 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-has-been-deactivated/#post-10260207)
 * Status: resolved