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Deactivate a single plugin despite a PHP fatal error

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wp plugin deactivate woocommerce --skip-plugins --skip-themes --path=/var/www/vhosts/example.com/httpdocs

Deactivates exactly one plugin. With --skip-plugins and --skip-themes, WP-CLI loads neither plugins nor theme, so a broken plugin cannot crash the command itself. Useful when the error log already points to a specific plugin.

Note: The plugin name is the folder name under wp-content/plugins, not the display name.

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  • deactivate plugin without admin access
  • there has been a critical error on this website
  • plugin causes fatal error

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Deactivate all plugins and save the active list

$wp plugin list --status=active --field=name --path=/var/www/vhosts/example.com/httpdocs > /var/www/vhosts/example.com/active-plugins.txt && wp plugin deactivate --all --path=/var/www/vhosts/example.com/httpdocs
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Compare plugin files with the originals from wordpress.org

$wp plugin verify-checksums --all --path=/var/www/vhosts/example.com/httpdocs
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Enable the WordPress debug log without displaying errors

$wp config set WP_DEBUG true --raw --path=/var/www/vhosts/example.com/httpdocs && wp config set WP_DEBUG_LOG true --raw --path=/var/www/vhosts/example.com/httpdocs && wp config set WP_DEBUG_DISPLAY false --raw --path=/var/www/vhosts/example.com/httpdocs
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List installed plugins with status and updates

$wp plugin list --fields=name,status,version,update_version --path=/var/www/vhosts/example.com/httpdocs
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List scheduled WP-Cron events

$wp cron event list --fields=hook,next_run_relative,recurrence --path=/var/www/vhosts/example.com/httpdocs
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Switch to a default WordPress theme

$wp theme activate twentytwentyfour --skip-themes --skip-plugins --path=/var/www/vhosts/example.com/httpdocs
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