Activate/Deactivate WordPress Plugin from CLI

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Hi,

Here I am mentioning how to activate/deactivate a WordPress plugin via command line without accessing the Admin area. For this download the below two files to the root of your WordPress installation.

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# wget http://www.packetmischief.ca/files/wp/wp_enable_plugins.php
# wget http://www.packetmischief.ca/files/wp/wp_disable_plugins.php
To Deactivate:

Run wp_disable_plugins.php with no parameters to return a list of active plugins:

# php wp_disable_plugins.php
Active plugins:
- akismet/akismet.php
- broken-link-checker/broken-link-checker.php
- si-captcha-for-wordpress/si-captcha.php

Specify plugin name(s) from above on the command line to disable them.

To disable the plugin run the same command again and append the plugin name. For example -

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# php wp_disable_plugins.php si-captcha-for-wordpress/si-captcha.php
Disabled 1/1 plugins.


To Activate:

Follow the same procedure to activate the plugin using wp_enable_plugins.php command.

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# php wp_enable_plugins.php si-captcha-for-wordpress/si-captcha.php