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- Agency Hosting plans do not have the WordPress dashboard’<\/a>s Updates<\/strong> page. Disable plugins using the file manager instead.<\/li>\n<\/ul>
Disabling plugins via the WordPress dashboard<\/h2>
In your Hostinger account, go to Websites<\/a> <\/b>→ Dashboard <\/b>next to the site in question. Then, search for Updates <\/b>on the sidebar and click on it:<\/p>
![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/10\/2026-10-09_16-29.png\")
<\/div>Scroll down to the section Installed plugins<\/b> to find all the plugins currently installed on your website. Move the toggle to disable or enable them:<\/p>
![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/10\/2026-10-09_17-03.png\")
<\/div>Disabling plugins via the file manager<\/h2>
If you don’t have the WordPress dashboard enabled or prefer managing data via files, you can disable the plugins using the file manager.<\/p>
Step 1 – Go to the file manager<\/h3>
Open your website’s File Manager<\/a><\/b> and access its wp-content<\/b> folder (
domains\/domain.tld\/public_html\/wp-content<\/code>). There, you’ll find the plugins <\/b>folder:<\/p>![\"Hostinger](\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2020\/09\/622201d5-14ce-4a5d-a711-bbbb645fc76e.jpg\")
<\/div>Step 2 – Check and disable plugins<\/h3>
If you don’t use Elementor <\/b>on your website, rename the entire plugins <\/b>folder to plugins_disabled<\/b> (or any different name) – this way, you’ll disable all the plugins inside this folder:<\/p>
![\"Hostinger](\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2020\/09\/2af92d32-5a8c-4ee8-99fc-2f950221b9e4.jpg\")
<\/div>If you do use Elementor<\/b>, rename every folder within the plugins<\/b> folder except Elementor<\/b>. Alternatively, you may create a new folder and move all the plugins’ folders there except Elementor<\/b>.<\/p>
\nDue to the specific architecture of Elementor, changing the plugin’s folder name can cause a website crash. Therefore, make sure not to change the Elementor folder name.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>
Both options – renaming the folders or creating a new folder and moving the plugins there – will disable <\/b>plugins, as the path to files will be altered. Renaming the folders to their original names or moving them back to the \/plugins directory will enable the plugins again<\/b>.<\/p>
Troubleshooting plugins<\/h2>
If a website starts working after disabling all plugins, it’s necessary to identify which specific plugin causes the trouble:<\/p>
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Disable all plugins <\/b>– you can do it via the WordPress dashboard<\/a> or the file manager<\/a>.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n
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Enable plugins one by one<\/b>, and check the website via the incognito browser window after enabling each plugin.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>
Enabling plugins one at a time identifies the faulty plugin, so you can keep only that plugin disabled and restore the rest of your website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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