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Fix WordPress site errors

  • “There Has Been a Critical Error on Your Website”
  • Can’t acccess admin dashboard

Deactivate all plugins

  1. In cPanel, under Databases, open phpMyAdmin.
    phpMyAdmin at Travis Hiland
  2. In the table wp_options, under the option_name column find the active_plugins row.
    optionName_activePlugins_phpMyAdmin

    Note: To find active_plugins, you may need to increase the viewable rows, then run text search.

    1. Increase number of rows.
       increaseViewableRows_phpMyAdmin Travis Hiland
    2. Press Ctrl + F, then search for active-plugins.

  3. Edit active_plugins.
    editRecord_phpMyAdmin
  4. Replace existing option_value data to: a:0:{}
    changeOptionValue_removePlugins_activePlugins_phpMyAdmin Travis Hiland

See https://wordpress.org/support/article/faq-troubleshooting/

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