Disable Products

[Sully90]

Is there a way I can disable third-party products/add-ons/plugins? I can't get to my site now because of a database error so I can't uninstall it the conventional way.

[RobH]

I would imagine you go into your file manager or ftp client and delete the xml file ?

Also, have you tried to directly log on to your vbull admin CP, bypassing logging into the forum ?

[Sully90]

I can't even access the /index.php page. The entire site is a database error. I need a way to disable the product/add-on/plugin through the database or something. The .php files are fine, it's because of the product and I don't know how to uninstall it without access to the Admin CP.

[RobH]

But have you tried to access

/forums/admincp/ ?

If you can't do that either, you can access your files through the control panel provided by your hosting company (Cpanel, etc), or through FTP client. Then you would need to navigate to where the XML file is stored and delete the offending add-on.

(just my opinion, I'm no expert)

[Steve Machol]

If you cannot log into the Admin CP then to disable the plugin system, edit config.php and add this line right under <?php

define('DISABLE_HOOKS', true);

This will disable all hooks and allow you to log in properly with no hooks running.

http://www.vbulletin.com/docs/html/disable_plugins

[Sully90]

If you cannot log into the Admin CP then to disable the plugin system, edit config.php and add this line right under <?php

define('DISABLE_HOOKS', true);

This will disable all hooks and allow you to log in properly with no hooks running.

http://www.vbulletin.com/docs/html/disable_plugins

That worked perfectly. Thanks, Steve & RobH!

Now that I've gained access to the Admin CP, can I now remove define('DISABLE_HOOKS', true); from the config.php file to enable my plugins?

[Steve Machol]

Yes.

[Sully90]

Yes.

Excellent. Thanks for that, Steve!