Disable Plugins In Joomla

[Delaney martin]

Hello,
I am facing some issues with disabling plugins in Joomla. Help me with some tips to solve this.

[Rachel S]

Hi, Here it is:

You can disable plugins from your admin interface by following these steps:

• Log in to your Joomla site as the admin.
• Click on Extensions at the top right menu bar. A dropdown menu will open. From that dropdown menu, click Plugin Manager.
• Enabled plugins will be ticked green in the Status column. Disabled plugins show a cross “x” icon in the Status column:

• You can select or search the plugin you want to disable and click the Disable button. The plugin will be disabled.

• You have the choice to disable all plugins at the same time; you can tick all the checkboxes and click Disable.

By following these simple steps, you can disable plugins in Joomla.

[wisly.k]

If you cannot access the Joomla admin panel, you can disable plugins directly from the database.

Here are the steps:

1. Log into Your Database
   • Open phpMyAdmin from your hosting control panel (e.g., cPanel, Plesk).
2. Select Your Joomla Database
   • Choose the database used for your Joomla installation. In the left side pane, click the name of the Joomla database. A list will appear.
3. Find the Plugins Table
   • Look for the table named #__extensions (the prefix #__ may vary).
   • If you installed Joomla using Softaculous, the database name will be username_joomXXX, where username is your account username, and XXX is a three-digit number.
4. Locate the Plugin
   • You can find the plugin by searching for its name in the name or element column. The value for enabled plugins is 1, and for disabled plugins, it is 0.
5. Disable the Plugin
   • Edit the row and change the value of the enabled column from 1 to 0.
   • Click Save or Go to apply the changes.
6. Check Your Website
   • Reload Joomla’s admin panel and check if the plugin is now disabled.

You can use this database method even with little knowledge of databases or code.