Title: re-activating plugin shown as another instance
Last modified: November 19, 2024

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# re-activating plugin shown as another instance

 *  Resolved [mwsat](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mwsat/)
 * (@mwsat)
 * [1 year, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/re-activating-plugin-shown-as-another-instance/)
 * I’m using Events Manager 6.6.3 with WordPress 6.7.
 * Today I got a White Screen on WordPress and the help FAQ suggests to deactivate
   all plugins in the wp_options table – what I did. Next step: re-activate the 
   plugins in the WP dashboard.
 * This worked for all other plugins, activating Events Manager resulted in a “fatal
   error”.
 * How to solve: trying to uninstall and install again – then all the event items
   in the database may be gone. Maybe best to replace all files of the plugin.
 * I downloaded the plugin files, renamed the events-manager folder among the plugins
   and unzipped the downloaded files to a new events-manager folder.
 * Activating Events Manager in the Plugins panel of the dashboard worked well and
   all features of the Events Manager work – but the dashboard shows another plugin
   entry for Events Manager.
 * The active_plugins column of the wp_options table shows only a single instance
   of the Events Manager.
 * Why are multiple instances shown in the dashboard and how to get rid of the “
   old” ones?

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 * Last reply from: [mwsat](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mwsat/)
 * Last activity: [1 year, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/re-activating-plugin-shown-as-another-instance/)
 * Status: resolved