{"id":309,"date":"2025-01-20T10:47:12","date_gmt":"2025-01-20T10:47:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-multilang.com\/docs\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=309"},"modified":"2025-11-27T08:42:16","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T08:42:16","slug":"my-website-broke-after-deactivating-wp-multilang-how-to-fix-it","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/wp-multilang.com\/docs\/knowledge-base\/my-website-broke-after-deactivating-wp-multilang-how-to-fix-it\/","title":{"rendered":"My Website Broke After Deactivating WP Multilang. How to fix it?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WP Multilang is a popular WordPress plugin that enables multilingual content on your website. However, deactivating or uninstalling the plugin can sometimes cause issues, such as missing content, broken layouts, incorrect language settings, or database errors. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-multilang.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/d1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"227\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-multilang.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/d1-1024x227.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-328\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-multilang.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/d1-1024x227.png 1024w, https:\/\/wp-multilang.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/d1-300x66.png 300w, https:\/\/wp-multilang.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/d1-768x170.png 768w, https:\/\/wp-multilang.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/d1-50x11.png 50w, https:\/\/wp-multilang.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/d1-1536x340.png 1536w, https:\/\/wp-multilang.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/d1-60x13.png 60w, https:\/\/wp-multilang.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/d1-100x22.png 100w, https:\/\/wp-multilang.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/d1.png 1555w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This guide will help you diagnose and fix common problems after disabling WP Multilang to restore your website&#8217;s functionality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray-gradient-background has-background wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Note<\/em><\/strong>: Before making changes, back up your website, including all files and the database. This ensures you can restore it if needed. Use a backup plugin or your hosting provider\u2019s backup service.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Go to the WP-Multilang plugin and first click on &#8220;Reset Settings.&#8221; This will remove all the changes you made for multilingual support on your WordPress site and restore the original settings.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-multilang.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/download1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"116\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-multilang.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/download1-1024x116.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-multilang.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/download1-1024x116.png 1024w, https:\/\/wp-multilang.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/download1-300x34.png 300w, https:\/\/wp-multilang.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/download1-768x87.png 768w, https:\/\/wp-multilang.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/download1-50x6.png 50w, https:\/\/wp-multilang.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/download1-60x7.png 60w, https:\/\/wp-multilang.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/download1-100x11.png 100w, https:\/\/wp-multilang.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/download1.png 1199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Now, click on the Delete option to remove all the translations you created for translating your post\/page.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-multilang.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/download-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"106\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-multilang.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/download-2-1024x106.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-multilang.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/download-2-1024x106.png 1024w, https:\/\/wp-multilang.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/download-2-300x31.png 300w, https:\/\/wp-multilang.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/download-2-768x80.png 768w, https:\/\/wp-multilang.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/download-2-50x5.png 50w, https:\/\/wp-multilang.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/download-2-60x6.png 60w, https:\/\/wp-multilang.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/download-2-100x10.png 100w, https:\/\/wp-multilang.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/download-2.png 1446w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Once you uninstall, you will see this on your website, which will appear broken.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-multilang.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/d2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"361\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-multilang.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/d2-1024x361.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-multilang.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/d2-1024x361.png 1024w, https:\/\/wp-multilang.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/d2-300x106.png 300w, https:\/\/wp-multilang.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/d2-768x271.png 768w, https:\/\/wp-multilang.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/d2-50x18.png 50w, https:\/\/wp-multilang.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/d2-60x21.png 60w, https:\/\/wp-multilang.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/d2-100x35.png 100w, https:\/\/wp-multilang.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/d2.png 1227w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>You can delete it manually by going to the post and make changes. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Sometimes, after deactivating and deleting, some translations may still appear on your posts or pages. We recommend deleting them from everywhere. Clear the cache and remove the files from the database<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Clear the Cache.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can use WP Reset or any cache remover plugin to clear everything from your WordPress. However, make sure it will delete and reset everything, so be sure to create a proper backup before performing this action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-multilang.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/download-4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"70\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-multilang.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/download-4-1024x70.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-multilang.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/download-4-1024x70.png 1024w, https:\/\/wp-multilang.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/download-4-300x20.png 300w, https:\/\/wp-multilang.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/download-4-768x52.png 768w, https:\/\/wp-multilang.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/download-4-50x3.png 50w, https:\/\/wp-multilang.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/download-4-60x4.png 60w, https:\/\/wp-multilang.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/download-4-100x7.png 100w, https:\/\/wp-multilang.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/download-4.png 1428w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That&#8217;s it for this tutorial, if you need more help please fill the below form.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WP Multilang is a popular WordPress plugin that enables multilingual content on your website. 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