Title: [Plugin: WP phpBB Bridge] Can't DEACTIVATE plugin without breaking site
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# [Plugin: WP phpBB Bridge] Can't DEACTIVATE plugin without breaking site

 *  [Mark](https://wordpress.org/support/users/markjcasey/)
 * (@markjcasey)
 * [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-phpbb-bridge-cant-deactivate-plugin-without-breaking-site/)
 * Hi guys
 * Very strange one this, hoping someone can help.
 * I’ve been using the WP phpBB Bridge plugin for a while now but it just seems 
   too unstable to me so I’d like to remove it. I don’t even think the plugin is
   listed on WordPress.org any more so I’d really like it off my site.
 * However, when I deactive the plugin all my post & category pages return a 404.
 * I’ve tried deactivating it and removing the files and database tables it creates
   but I still get 404’s on post & category pages. I thought it could be a permalink
   issue so I tried rebuliding them after but no, still broke.
 * The only way I can get my posts working again is to reactivate the plugin!
 * The plugin doesn’t even need to be enabled in it’s own ‘WP phpBB Bridge settings’–
   it’s not even turned on! As long as it is simply an active plugin from within
   the WordPress plugins page then my site works. As soon as I deactivate it, posts&
   categories thrown up 404’s.
 * Really hoping someone can help, I just want this plugin off my site.
 * Any ideas what I can do?
 * Much appreciated.

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 *  Thread Starter [Mark](https://wordpress.org/support/users/markjcasey/)
 * (@markjcasey)
 * [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-phpbb-bridge-cant-deactivate-plugin-without-breaking-site/#post-2989276)
 * This definitely seems like a permalinks issue.
 * When I deactivate the plugin, posts and category pages return 404’s.
 * If I set permalinks to be the default /?p=123 setting then they work again.
 * I try putting it back to the ‘Month and name’ setting and they return 404’s again.
 * I have to reactive the WP phpBB Bridge plugin for them to work again!
 * This is driving me insane. Anyone got any idea what I can do? Thanks.
 *  Thread Starter [Mark](https://wordpress.org/support/users/markjcasey/)
 * (@markjcasey)
 * [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-phpbb-bridge-cant-deactivate-plugin-without-breaking-site/#post-2989310)
 * Polite nudge. 🙂
 * Anyone got any ideas about this?

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