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Can I Disable WooCommerce?

Last updated on October 1, 2022 @ 6:25 pm

Yes, you can disable WooCommerce. To do so, you’ll need to deactivate and delete the WooCommerce plugin from your WordPress site. This can be done by going to your WordPress Dashboard > Plugins > Deactivate and Delete.

Once you’ve deactivated and deleted the plugin, you’ll need to remove all traces of WooCommerce from your database. The easiest way to do this is to use a plugin like WP-Sweep or WP-Optimize. These plugins will scan your database and remove all WooCommerce data.

After you’ve deleted the plugin and removed all traces of WooCommerce from your database, you can then proceed to disable WooCommerce. To do this, you’ll need to add a few lines of code to your wp-config.php file.

Open up wp-config.php and add the following line of code:

PRO TIP: If you are considering disabling WooCommerce, please be aware that this may cause problems with your website. WooCommerce is a plugin that is designed to work with WordPress, and disabling it may cause your website to become unstable.

define(‘WC_DISABLE_ALL’, true);

Save your changes and upload the file back to your server. This will disable all aspects of WooCommerce on your site.

If you want to disable WooCommerce but keep the data, then you can use the following line of code instead:

define(‘WC_DISABLE_SERVICE’, true);

This will disable all aspects of WooCommerce except for the data. All orders, products, etc will still be stored in your database.

Drew Clemente

Drew Clemente

Devops & Sysadmin engineer. I basically build infrastructure online.