Deleted Plugin Before Deactivating It

  • Hi all,

    I did a really silly thing. I deleted the plugin before deactivating it and now I’m paying the price.

    I deleted it because I’m trying to upload a newer version.

    Now, I can’t see either plugin (the new one or the old). It’s really frustrating, but a lesson learned.

    How do I deactivate the old one? Do I go in the database and make a change?

    The page I need help with: [log in to see the link]

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  • Moderator Steven Stern (sterndata)

    (@sterndata)

    Volunteer Forum Moderator

    If you deleted a plugin, WP should deactivate it when you next visit wp-admin.

    You could also upload the new version via FTP, replacing what was there in wp-content/plugins/whatever.

    Thread Starter gotmedia

    (@gotmedia)

    Hi Steve,

    Thank you for your reply. The problem is, every time I go into the wp-admin, it doesn’t deactivate. I have also been refreshing a lot and nohting.

    I also uploaded the new version via FTP. Same situation…

    Moderator Steven Stern (sterndata)

    (@sterndata)

    Volunteer Forum Moderator

    If you delete the plugin’s directory, do you get any errors? Once you’ve deleted the directory, you should be able to reinstall via plugins->add new

    Thread Starter gotmedia

    (@gotmedia)

    Is there not a more graceful way in doing this? Removing all of the plugins is kind of concerning to me considering the site will collapse.

    Moderator Steven Stern (sterndata)

    (@sterndata)

    Volunteer Forum Moderator

    It will be OK; the settings are in the database. Delete the directory and reinstall.

    Thread Starter gotmedia

    (@gotmedia)

    That did not work ?? Do you have any other suggestions?

    Moderator Steven Stern (sterndata)

    (@sterndata)

    Volunteer Forum Moderator

    In what way did it not work?

    Thread Starter gotmedia

    (@gotmedia)

    It didn’t do anything, but I figured out something… that plugins that was deleted before being deactivated, it turns out there was a permissions issue. It was different than the other folders. So once those were correct, WordPress discovered the plugin and I enabled it and it worked.

    Very interesting.

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