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Bulk Deactivate

Bulk deactivate and activate WordPress plugins. Saves which plugins were deactivated.

By Elliot Taylor·Debug·Free
5(6 reviews)
·20 active installs·Updated 11 years ago
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As of April 2026, Bulk Deactivate is a WordPress debug plugin with 20 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 6 reviews. It has been downloaded 2.8K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.0.1+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2014. Last updated 11 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: WP Crontrol.

5/56 reviews
20active installs
2.8K+total downloads
12 yearssince 2014

Overview

Bulk deactivate and activate WordPress plugins. Fantastic for discovering plugin conflicts and fixing support items. This is an essential tool for discovering plugin conflicts. When you have an error on your site you should isolate where the problem is occuring. It will often be a theme of a plugin. This let’s you deactivate your plugins in bulk so you can isolate the problem.

The plugin lets you:

  • Add exceptions, so essenttial plugins will not be deactivated
  • Save a list of the plugins deactivated
  • Let you activate the plugins you just deactivated.
  • Let’s you activate just a selection of the plugins just deactivated
  • Advanced options for how the plugin save list is handled

More Info

More information can be found here
Please contribute to this plugins development on GitHub here:…

Read full description on WordPress.org

Ratings & Reviews

56 reviews
5 ★
6
4 ★
0
3 ★
0
2 ★
0
1 ★
0

Compatibility

WordPress3.0.1+ requiredTested up to 3.4.2
PHPfalse+ required

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

0.2.3

  • Fix CSS enqueue for bulk deactive page only
  • Fix Error item
View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

Elliot TaylorElliot Taylor
Plugin Info
Version
0.2.3
Last Updated
Nov 10, 2014
WP Requires
3.0.1+
Tested Up To
3.4.2
PHP Requires
false+
Active Installs
20
Downloads
2.8K+
Added
Nov 5, 2014
Business
Free

Tags

debugactivatedeactivatebulk deactivate

Developer

E
Elliot Taylor
3 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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