Title: inactive plugins
Last modified: February 18, 2020

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# inactive plugins

 *  [WPTaTor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wordpresstator/)
 * (@wordpresstator)
 * [6 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/inactive-plugins-2/)
 * Hi guys,
    How to recognize which plugin is inactive? I am not a software developer.
   Thanks so much for any help 🙂

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 *  [JNashHawkins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jnashhawkins/)
 * (@jnashhawkins)
 * [6 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/inactive-plugins-2/#post-12451454)
 * The plugin will show enabled, possibly network enabled, or else disabled.
 * I usually leave disabled plugins around if I think I want to use them again.
 * And, if you are running a network (multisite), you’ll want to be careful deleting
   plugins by ensuring they are not enabled anywhere within your network.
 * That’s about all you really need to know on that front except if you have a plugin
   breaking your website you can FTP in (or use your host’s file manager) to temporarily
   rename the plugin or the whole plugins directory to kill that plugin long enough
   to find and fix the issue. I usually just add ‘1234’ to the plugin or directory’s
   name.

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## Tags

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

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [JNashHawkins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jnashhawkins/)
 * Last activity: [6 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/inactive-plugins-2/#post-12451454)
 * Status: not resolved

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