Title: Can’t activate/deactivate plugins
Last modified: June 10, 2021

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# Can’t activate/deactivate plugins

 *  [m0n0kum4](https://wordpress.org/support/users/m0n0kum4/)
 * (@m0n0kum4)
 * [4 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-activate-deactivate-plugins/)
 * Hello,
 * I just can’t activate/deactivate any plugin installed on my site, I get the message
   with “plugin activated”, but it is not… After that I still see the “activate”
   button…
 * I’ve checked all my files/folder permissions… now it’s all good… files with 644
   and folders 755.
 * I’ve tried to delete cache, but it is still not working… any ideas?

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 *  Moderator [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/)
 * (@t-p)
 * [4 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-activate-deactivate-plugins/#post-14542760)
 * Try [manually resetting your plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/article/faq-troubleshooting/#how-to-deactivate-all-plugins-when-not-able-to-access-the-administrative-menus)(
   no Dashboard access required). If that resolves the issue, reactivate each one
   individually until you find the cause.
 * If that does not resolve the issue, access your server via [SFTP or FTP](https://wordpress.org/support/article/ftp-clients/),
   or a file manager in your hosting account’s control panel, navigate to `/wp-content/
   themes/` and rename the directory of your currently active theme. This will force
   the default theme to activate and hopefully rule-out a theme-specific issue (
   theme functions can interfere like plugins).
 *  [Website Rob](https://wordpress.org/support/users/website-rob/)
 * (@website-rob)
 * [4 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-activate-deactivate-plugins/#post-14543651)
 * Are you using a Multi-Site plugin? They have a tendency to force one to use their
   Control Panel for Adding/Removing Plugins & Themes and preventing one from using
   the WordPress Admin panel.

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 * [activate](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/activate/)

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 2 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [Website Rob](https://wordpress.org/support/users/website-rob/)
 * Last activity: [4 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-activate-deactivate-plugins/#post-14543651)
 * Status: not resolved

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