Title: devil495's Replies | WordPress.org --- # devil495 [ ](https://wordpress.org/support/users/devil495/) * [Profile](https://wordpress.org/support/users/devil495/) * [Topics Started](https://wordpress.org/support/users/devil495/topics/) * [Replies Created](https://wordpress.org/support/users/devil495/replies/) * [Reviews Written](https://wordpress.org/support/users/devil495/reviews/) * [Topics Replied To](https://wordpress.org/support/users/devil495/replied-to/) * [Engagements](https://wordpress.org/support/users/devil495/engagements/) * [Favorites](https://wordpress.org/support/users/devil495/favorites/) Search replies: ## Forum Replies Created Viewing 4 replies - 1 through 4 (of 4 total) * Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/) In reply to: [[Wordfence Security - Firewall, Malware Scan, and Login Security] Can't access site after enabling Falcon engine](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-access-site-after-enabling-falcon-engine/) * Thread Starter [devil495](https://wordpress.org/support/users/devil495/) * (@devil495) * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-access-site-after-enabling-falcon-engine/#post-4803843) * Thanks. I got back in my site after putting the original htaccess file back in and am now going to make a new admin user as suggested. * I am a complete novice but I am trying to learn. I can’t even figure out how someone got my username but I suspect they must have accessed my files in wordpress so I also added index.php files where others suggested to keep people from poking around. * Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/) In reply to: [[UpdraftPlus: WP Backup & Migration Plugin] update crashed my dashboard](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-crashed-my-dashboard/) * Thread Starter [devil495](https://wordpress.org/support/users/devil495/) * (@devil495) * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-crashed-my-dashboard/#post-3832551) * Thank you so much. I went through the plugins one at a time via ftp and found the one interfering – broken links checker. As soon as I disabled it I could login again to the dashboard. Then made it active and the problem reappeared. Once disabled again I was back in. * After thinking about what you had to say I remember a few times earlier getting 500 errors that resolved themselves the next time I tried logging in and just wrote those occasions off as my server burping. * I’ve learned my lesson. When weird stuff starts happening look at the plugins first. * Again, your help is much appreciated. * Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/) In reply to: [[UpdraftPlus: WP Backup & Migration Plugin] update crashed my dashboard](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-crashed-my-dashboard/) * Thread Starter [devil495](https://wordpress.org/support/users/devil495/) * (@devil495) * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-crashed-my-dashboard/#post-3832506) * OK, I tried logging in with the wp-admin link but still get a 500 error. I am new at this so maybe you could answer a basic question: When I install or update a plugin does it change any other part of wordpress or just the plugin folder itself? * While certainly I could have a problem “somewhere else” I think it is most likely that the plugin caused it because it happened immediately after I had updated updraftplus. * If plugins do not change anything other than the plugin folder then I want to try disabling all my plugins via ftp and see if that works before trying to restore my entire site. * Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/) In reply to: [[UpdraftPlus: WP Backup & Migration Plugin] update crashed my dashboard](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-crashed-my-dashboard/) * Thread Starter [devil495](https://wordpress.org/support/users/devil495/) * (@devil495) * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-crashed-my-dashboard/#post-3832489) * renamed the updraft directory to “disabledupdraftplus” and now I cannot even login, just get a 500 error. * I have updates on dropbox. Can I just erase the entire contents of the plugin folder and then unzip the plugins.zip file there to see if it gets back to normal or do I have to reinstall wordpress from the beginning? Viewing 4 replies - 1 through 4 (of 4 total)