Title: Question: deactivate plugins on page/posts affect backend plugins? Last modified: October 6, 2022 --- # Question: deactivate plugins on page/posts affect backend plugins? * Resolved [alexdev7](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alexdev7/) * (@alexdev7) * [3 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/question-deactivate-plugins-on-page-posts-affect-backend-plugins/) * Hi there I start using your plugin on staging site and so far look really good. * I have a question. * Around 80% of my plugins are doing a job on background at the backend and 20% of plugins are used for front end purposes (I have manye plugins). * If I deactivate thoses backend plugins from front end pages will they still working properly on the backend? I have already test some of them and Visually doesn’t affect front end pages if I deactivate them from front end pages/posts but my question is : * are they still running on background and at the backend? * For example I have plugins that generate XML files of the products etc.. if I deactivate them from front end pages will they keep working properly? * Please let me know! * Thank you! Viewing 3 replies - 1 through 3 (of 3 total) * Plugin Author [Jose Mortellaro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/giuse/) * (@giuse) * [3 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/question-deactivate-plugins-on-page-posts-affect-backend-plugins/#post-16074504) * Hi [@alexdev7](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alexdev7/) * thank you for using FDP. * Usually, all the plugins that you need in the backend are not used in the frontend and you can deactivate them. * You need to pay attention to those backend plugins that need to check the pages on frontend. If for example the plugin to generate the XML files would need to load the frontend pages and do something in the frontend during the scan you should keep it active on frontend. But this almost never happens. Usually, backend plugins have all the information they need from the database. To generate the XML file of the products they will surely get the information from the database and they don’t need to do anything on the frontend, because it would be more complicated for them and slower. * In any case, I suggest you disable all the backend plugins on frontend, but then test your website to be sure all work as expected. * If you want for the homepage you also have the auto-suggestion. Go to Freesoul Deactivate Plugins => Plugin Manager => Singles => Homepage and click on the button to automatically suggest the needed plugins. * Have a great day! * Jose * Thread Starter [alexdev7](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alexdev7/) * (@alexdev7) * [3 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/question-deactivate-plugins-on-page-posts-affect-backend-plugins/#post-16091818) * Thank you very much for the respond. Indeed I test it and it seems that is working fine! * I just have another question, hope that you can help me! * I tried the custom URL FRONTEND but I can’t figure out how to make it work. * for example I want to disable plugins on the Order pay pages after checkout. * [https://domain.com/checkout/order-pay/140179/?key=wc_order_KvwDbJA0gl3BF](https://domain.com/checkout/order-pay/140179/?key=wc_order_KvwDbJA0gl3BF) * The numbers and code after /checkout/order-pay/…. (is random genereated) * So I want to diactivate plugins on the frontend page who use /order-pay/ on the link. is that possible? * Tried few things but didn’t work. Is there any suggestion? * Thank you! * Plugin Author [Jose Mortellaro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/giuse/) * (@giuse) * [3 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/question-deactivate-plugins-on-page-posts-affect-backend-plugins/#post-16101256) * Hi [@alexdev7](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alexdev7/) You are welcome! When a part of the URL is always different you can replace it with a star * * E.g. * [https://domain.com/checkout/order-pay/*/?key=wc_order_*](https://domain.com/checkout/order-pay/*/?key=wc_order_*) * Even better: * */order-pay/*/?key=wc_order_* * So, if in the future you migrate to a different domain, or you change the name of the checkout, you don’t need to change the Custom URLs settings. * Just be sure you don’t match also URLs that should not be matched when you use the star. * Have a great day! * Jose Viewing 3 replies - 1 through 3 (of 3 total) The topic ‘Question: deactivate plugins on page/posts affect backend plugins?’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://ps.w.org/freesoul-deactivate-plugins/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev= 2847508) * [Freesoul Deactivate Plugins - Disable plugins on individual WordPress pages](https://wordpress.org/plugins/freesoul-deactivate-plugins/) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/freesoul-deactivate-plugins/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/freesoul-deactivate-plugins/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/freesoul-deactivate-plugins/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/freesoul-deactivate-plugins/reviews/) * 3 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [Jose Mortellaro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/giuse/) * Last activity: [3 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/question-deactivate-plugins-on-page-posts-affect-backend-plugins/#post-16101256) * Status: resolved