Login at https://cp.infoquest.com with your main account’s username and password.

Before beginning, make a backup copy of your database.

Then, login to your database using phpMyAdmin, and navigate to the “active_plugins” column of the “wp_options” table

Once the active_plugins column appears, click to edit it.

You will see something similar to the following, depending on the number and type of plugins you have installed:

a:31:{i:0;s:13:”AddMySite.php”;i:1;s:19:”akismet/akismet.php”;i:2;s:23:”all_in_one_seo_pack.php”;i:3;s:16:”authenticate.php”;i:4;s:28:”breadcrumb-navigation-xt.php”;i:5;s:18:”codeautoescape.php”;i:6;s:37:”contact-coldform/contact_coldform.php”;i:7;s:32:”custom-query-string-reloaded.php”;i:8;s:30:”customizable-post-listings.php”;i:9;s:33:”dd-sitemap-gen/dd-sitemap-gen.php”;i:10;s:20:”download-counter.php”;i:11;s:13:”feedcount.php”;i:12;s:13:”full_feed.php”;i:13;s:15:”get-weather.php”;i:14;s:36:”google-sitemap-generator/sitemap.php”;i:15;s:13:”gravatars.php”;i:16;s:19:”kill-admin-nags.php”;i:17;s:18:”landingsites13.php”;i:18;s:30:”nofollow-free/nofollowfree.php”;i:19;s:17:”ol_feedburner.php”;i:20;s:16:”plugins-used.php”;i:21;s:22:”popularity-contest.php”;i:22;s:39:”search-everything/search_everything.php”;i:23;s:27:”simple-tags/simple-tags.php”;i:24;s:26:”simple_recent_comments.php”;i:25;s:18:”simple_twitter.php”;i:26;s:25:”subscribe-to-comments.php”;i:27;s:24:”the-excerpt-reloaded.php”;i:28;s:18:”theme-switcher.php”;i:29;s:9:”top10.php”;i:30;s:16:”wp-db-backup.php”;}

That entire array of code represents every active plugin on your site.

Thus, to quickly disable all plugins without using the WP Admin area, highlight the entire block of code, cut it out, and paste it into a safe, offline text file.

After removing the code, click the button to save your changes and that’s it.

All WordPress plugins are now deactivated (yet still installed, and with all plugin options intact).

This obviously is a huge time-saver that really comes in handy during those mission-critical, time-sensitive situations where every second counts.

Once you are ready to re-activate your entire set of plugins, simply cut/copy & paste the preserved code back into the “active_plugins” field.

Click save and done.

Again, don’t forget to backup your database before editing it!