Deactivate plugins when not able to access dashboard

Sometimes any change made in WordPress site mess it’s working and we need to deactivate plugins or set default theme with alternate methods because we feel ourselves not able to access dashboard to undo changes.

Most of the times we see blank pages whenever we try to open wp admin dashboard that can happen due to any poor plugin or broken theme. Don’t worry, it’s very easy to deactivate plugins when not able to access dashboard in WordPress. Follow this article to take it in action.

Method one: Using phpMyAdmin

1. Access your database and select wp_options table.
2. Find the row having value active_plugins under option_name column. Use page navigation as there may be many rows in the table.
3. Click on the edit link for this row.
4. Copy and save elsewhere to the value specified in option_ value column.
5. Change the option_value field to: a:0:{}

Method two: Using FTP

1.  Connect to your hosting space using your favourite FTP program.
2. Navigate to wp_content folder.
3. Rename folder plugins to plugins.disable or rename all folders inside plugins folder by appending any word or number to each of them.
4. Login to your WordPress dashboard.
5. Update as per you needed.

In either manner you can deactivate plugins when not able to access dashboard. After disabling or deactivating try to login your dashboard and I hope you will have administration inside instead of blank pages. Test your plugins and do things up.