Title: Plugin creates multiple entries in wp_options active_plugins
Last modified: September 12, 2019

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# Plugin creates multiple entries in wp_options active_plugins

 *  Resolved [borkomkd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/borkomkd/)
 * (@borkomkd)
 * [6 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-creates-multiple-entries-in-wp_options-active_plugins/)
 * After activating the plugin everything went well but the site started getting
   slow so I did some research and found out that the active_plugins row in wp_options
   table is now 40MB+ in size and the problem is with this plugin making thousands
   of registrations over and over again.
 * I tried disabling the plugin, manually deleting the entries and even deleting
   and recreating the row with new ID but nothing works, something is registering
   the plugin over and over again even after it is deleted.
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fplugin-creates-multiple-entries-in-wp_options-active_plugins%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Plugin Contributor [Rogier Lankhorst](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rogierlankhorst/)
 * (@rogierlankhorst)
 * [6 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-creates-multiple-entries-in-wp_options-active_plugins/#post-11925062)
 * Hi [@borkomkd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/borkomkd/),
 * If something happens when Really Simple SSL is not activated, this cannot be 
   caused by Really Simple SSL: when deactivated, there is no code active. Did you
   try deactivating other plugins to see if there’s something there?
 *  Thread Starter [borkomkd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/borkomkd/)
 * (@borkomkd)
 * [6 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-creates-multiple-entries-in-wp_options-active_plugins/#post-11925145)
 * I can’t deactivate plugins cause the plugins page is not functioning. It can’t
   load 60.000+ plugins.
 * I tried manually deactivating plugins by editing the active_plugins entry but
   as soon as I edit it it is overwritten by multiple instances of Really Simple
   SSL.
 * Maybe a caching plugin can cause this will try deleting those too, just checking
   to see if you encountered something similar.
 *  Plugin Contributor [Rogier Lankhorst](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rogierlankhorst/)
 * (@rogierlankhorst)
 * [6 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-creates-multiple-entries-in-wp_options-active_plugins/#post-11925149)
 * You can manually try deactivating the plugins by renaming the plugins folder,
   or a specific plugin using FTP.
 * Let me know if that helps!
 *  Plugin Contributor [Rogier Lankhorst](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rogierlankhorst/)
 * (@rogierlankhorst)
 * [6 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-creates-multiple-entries-in-wp_options-active_plugins/#post-11939983)
 * Hi [@borkomkd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/borkomkd/),
 * Any updates on this?
 *  Plugin Contributor [Rogier Lankhorst](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rogierlankhorst/)
 * (@rogierlankhorst)
 * [6 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-creates-multiple-entries-in-wp_options-active_plugins/#post-11947892)
 * I suspect this was caused by something unrelated to Really Simple SSL. If you
   have additional info, let me know and we’ll take a look. As there haven’t been
   any updates on this for a week, I’ll close this topic.
 *  Thread Starter [borkomkd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/borkomkd/)
 * (@borkomkd)
 * [6 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-creates-multiple-entries-in-wp_options-active_plugins/#post-11971007)
 * Removing the plugin manually didn’t help. Deactivating plugin didn’t work and
   force-deactivate didn’t do much either.
 * I thought it was a problem with w3tc, uninstalled that completely and still didn’t
   achieve anything.
 *  Thread Starter [borkomkd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/borkomkd/)
 * (@borkomkd)
 * [6 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-creates-multiple-entries-in-wp_options-active_plugins/#post-11971014)
 * Also tried deactivating all plugins and used a 2019 theme. Nothing made any difference.
   The record is added in wp_options active_plugins over and over again.
 *  Plugin Contributor [Rogier Lankhorst](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rogierlankhorst/)
 * (@rogierlankhorst)
 * [6 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-creates-multiple-entries-in-wp_options-active_plugins/#post-11971428)
 * Maybe there a database process hangs. As the issue even occurs when all plugins
   are deactivated, it might be a crashed database process. you hosting company 
   can check this for you.
 * Did you check your mu-plugins folder for custom code?

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 * Last reply from: [Rogier Lankhorst](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rogierlankhorst/)
 * Last activity: [6 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-creates-multiple-entries-in-wp_options-active_plugins/#post-11971428)
 * Status: resolved