When working with lots and lots of plugins, it can be useful for developers to be able to check if a particular WordPress plugin is active or not. Just read this recipe to find out.
If you want to check if a WordPress plugin is active, just use the is_plugin_active() function. The function takes a single parameter, which is the path to the plugin, as shown in the example below:
<?php
if (is_plugin_active('plugin-directory/plugin-file.php')) {
//plugin is activated
}
?>
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Wow… “The” easy way. Nice to know that, because sometimes my themes depends of plugins, so with this I can warning my users.
Thanks a lot!
Wow, that really is easy
I tend to check for the existence of the functions I use in case the plugin gets updated and the function names changed.
Since you can’t be sure about the path to the main plugin-file, I consider checking via “function_exists()” or “class_exists()” much more reliable.
Thanks for the tip..Your tip are small but very useful..Retweeted it
Thanks for this simple yet very useful recipe. I don’t like to overload my blog with too many plug-ins but this tip would certainly be helpful in maintaining them.
Nice Tip!
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