forcing deactivating of plugins via mysql
In the WordPress database, you find there's a table called wp_options inside that table is an option called active_plugins . You can see it by typing: mysql> describe wp_options; This will show the following structure: +--------------+-----------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+ | Field | Type | Null | Key | Default | Extra | +--------------+-----------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+ | option_id | bigint unsigned | NO | PRI | NULL | auto_increment | | option_name | varchar(191) | NO | UNI | | | | option_value | longtext | NO | | NULL | | | autoload | varchar(20) | NO | MUL | yes | | +--------------+-----------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+ The relevant option is called active_plugins , so to see its content, type: mysql> select * from wp_options where option_name = "active_plugins"; This will retu