Deactivate plugins one by one to see which one breaks your Wordpress site

deactivate-plugins.sh

#!/bin/bash
# This script deactivates all active plugins one by one and checks if the site starts successfully after each deactivation.

set -euo pipefail

echo "Fetching active plugins..."
raw_output=$(studio wp plugin list --status=active --fields=name --format=json 2>/dev/null || true)

# Extract the JSON array from the noisy output (find the first [...] block)
json=$(echo "$raw_output" | grep -oE '\[.*\]' | head -1)

if [[ -z "$json" ]]; then
  echo "❌ Failed to parse plugin list. Raw output:"
  echo "$raw_output"
  exit 1
fi

# Parse plugin names from JSON
plugins=()
while IFS= read -r line; do
  plugins+=("$line")
done < <(echo "$json" | python3 -c "
import sys, json
data = json.load(sys.stdin)
for p in data:
    print(p['name'])
")

if [[ ${#plugins[@]} -eq 0 ]]; then
  echo "❌ No active plugins found."
  exit 1
fi

echo "Found ${#plugins[@]} active plugins:"
printf "  - %s\n" "${plugins[@]}"
echo ""

conflicting=()

for plugin in "${plugins[@]}"; do
  echo "=========================================="
  echo "Testing: $plugin"
  echo "=========================================="

  echo "⏸  Deactivating $plugin..."
  if ! studio wp plugin deactivate "$plugin" 2>/dev/null; then
    echo "⚠️  Failed to deactivate $plugin, skipping."
    continue
  fi

  echo "🚀 Starting site..."
  if studio site start 2>/dev/null; then
    echo ""
    echo "🎯 Conflicting plugin found: $plugin"
    conflicting+=("$plugin")
    echo "🛑 Stopping site..."
    studio site stop 2>/dev/null || true
  else
    echo "❌ Site still fails without $plugin."
  fi

  echo "🔄 Reactivating $plugin..."
  studio wp plugin activate "$plugin" 2>/dev/null || true
  echo ""
done

echo "=========================================="
echo "RESULTS"
echo "=========================================="

if [[ ${#conflicting[@]} -gt 0 ]]; then
  echo "🎯 Conflicting plugins found (${#conflicting[@]}):"
  for p in "${conflicting[@]}"; do
    echo "  ❌ $p"
  done
else
  echo "✅ No single conflicting plugin found."
  echo "   The issue may involve multiple plugins interacting."
fi