A bad plugin update or a security plugin that locks you out can white-screen a site and leave WP Admin unreachable. Recovering used to require SSH or WP-CLI. Now you can deactivate plugins straight from the Panel, even when the site is down.
Open a website, go to the Tools tab, and use the Deactivate Plugins card:
- Deactivate Single - turn off one plugin by its slug, for example when an update to a specific plugin broke the site.
- Deactivate All - turn off every plugin at once when you don't yet know which one is responsible, then reactivate them one by one to find the culprit.
The tool only deactivates - it never deletes files or data, so it's fully reversible. See Deactivate plugins and themes for details.