Since we are using CAS Authentication plugin to add an extra security layer to our MODX Manager, we need a way to disable the plugin in case something goes wrong and we don’t want to get locked out of our own site. Here are the steps to disable plugins outside the Manager:

1. Log into the cloud dashboard and temporarily add phpMyAdmin to the cloud
2. Log into phpMyAdmin, browse the modx_site_plugins table for the CAS plugin, double-click on the disable column to change the value from 0 to 1 to disable the plugin
3. Manually clear the cache by logging into sFTP and delete everything in the core/cache directory
4. Log back into the cloud dashboard to turn off phpMyAdmin