Glen Thomson

Update: It seems my problem was not resolved quite so easily.

All three sites then proceeded to crash despite having their plugin files and MU php files removed.

I tried to upload the latest plugin files again via ftp to see if it would allow deactivation but the sites still crashed.

I then deleted those files but accidentally left the empty ‘plugin organizer’ directory in my plugins folder.

The site then loaded fine (!). I deleted that empty directory and everything seems okay. I also repeated the process with the other two sites using an empty ‘plugin organizer’ directory and they too now work fine.

I’m not sure I understand why this works? Does WordPress automatically deactivate a plugin with no files in its directory?

Anyway I’m back up and running. I hope this is useful to someone in the same position rather than just confusing. Perhaps it will be both!

@neilsmart – Legend! You just made my life infinitely easier, thank-you!

@signalfilms – You seem to be on the right track, don’t worry about it being ‘inactive’. Did you clear your cache after you pasted in the css from above?

A possible work around is to use a plugin called ‘Plugin Organizer’.

This allows you to disable a plugin site-wide and then activate it again on individual posts and pages.

It’s a convoluted way of achieving what you need I agree, but at least it gives the desired end result: digg digg on some pages and not others.

http://ww.wp.xz.cn/extend/plugins/plugin-organizer/

Hope this helps!
Glen