Deleted active plugin via FTP, site crashed – fastest fix?

Do you have a recent backup of your site?

You can login to your hosting account and delete the plugin. Make sure you backup everything in case anything goes wrong.

I don’t know what you’ve changed there, but that’s your entire wp-config file being exposed in the browser in plain text. Please note that it contains your database credentials and auth keys (Authentication Unique Keys and Salts). Once you have this straightened out, you will probably want to change those.

The only thing that seems to stand out in the file is this, right at the very top of the file:

//define(‘WP_CACHE’, true); //Added by WP-Cache Manager

If that’s the plugin you deleted, this is something you might try; Edit wp-config.php and remove //define(‘WP_CACHE’, true); //Added by WP-Cache Manager
Don’t leave any spaces. Then replace the missing php tag. The first few lines should look like this when you are done:

<?php
/**
 * The base configurations of the WordPress.
 *

Save the file and see if the error goes away or changes.

Thanks for the help. Clayton, I had two caching plugins active at the same time (error no 1, whoops) then tried to delete one active via ftp (error 2?). May have deleted more than just plugin files.

I will start with a fresh auto-install from my host since I had so little content there to start with — thanks for your help.

You’re welcome.