{"id":4269,"date":"2022-08-22T03:57:57","date_gmt":"2022-08-21T22:27:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/solved-explanation-for-activate_plugin-function-in-wordpress-core\/"},"modified":"2022-08-22T03:57:57","modified_gmt":"2022-08-21T22:27:57","slug":"solved-explanation-for-activate_plugin-function-in-wordpress-core","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/solved-explanation-for-activate_plugin-function-in-wordpress-core\/","title":{"rendered":"[Solved] explanation for activate_plugin function in wordpress core"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"answer-324543\" class=\"answer js-answer accepted-answer js-accepted-answer\" data-answerid=\"324543\" data-parentid=\"324542\" data-score=\"0\" data-position-on-page=\"1\" data-highest-scored=\"1\" data-question-has-accepted-highest-score=\"1\" itemprop=\"acceptedAnswer\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Answer\">\n<div class=\"post-layout\">\n<div class=\"votecell post-layout--left\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"answercell post-layout--right\">\n<div class=\"s-prose js-post-body\" itemprop=\"text\">\n<p>Sometimes the easiest way is to go to <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/codex.wordpress.org\/Function_Reference\/activate_plugin\">docs<\/a>&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Attempts activation of plugin in a &#8220;sandbox&#8221; and redirects on success.<\/p>\n<p>A plugin that is already activated will not attempt to be activated<br \/>\n  again.<\/p>\n<p>The way it works is by setting the redirection to the error before<br \/>\n  trying to include the plugin file. If the plugin fails, then the<br \/>\n  redirection will not be overwritten with the success message. Also,<br \/>\n  the options will not be updated and the activation hook will not be<br \/>\n  called on plugin error.<\/p>\n<p>It should be noted that in no way the below code will actually prevent<br \/>\n  errors within the file. The code should not be used elsewhere to<br \/>\n  replicate the &#8220;sandbox&#8221;, which uses redirection to work.<\/p>\n<p>If any errors are found or text is outputted, then it will be captured<br \/>\n  to ensure that the success redirection will update the error<br \/>\n  redirection.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<div class=\"mt24\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>            <span class=\"d-none\" itemprop=\"commentCount\">1<\/span> <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>\n<p>solved explanation for activate_plugin function in wordpress core <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Sometimes the easiest way is to go to docs&#8230; Attempts activation of plugin in a &#8220;sandbox&#8221; and redirects on success. A plugin that is already activated will not attempt to be activated again. The way it works is by setting the redirection to the error before trying to include the plugin file. 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