Title: WP_Paused_Extensions_Storage::__construct
Published: May 7, 2019
Last modified: April 28, 2025

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# WP_Paused_Extensions_Storage::__construct( string $extension_type )

## In this article

 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_paused_extensions_storage/__construct/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_paused_extensions_storage/__construct/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_paused_extensions_storage/__construct/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_paused_extensions_storage/__construct/?output_format=md#changelog)

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Constructor.

## 󠀁[Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_paused_extensions_storage/__construct/?output_format=md#parameters)󠁿

 `$extension_type`stringrequired

Extension type. Either `'plugin'` or `'theme'`.

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_paused_extensions_storage/__construct/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

    ```php
    public function __construct( $extension_type ) {
    	$this->type = $extension_type;
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/class-wp-paused-extensions-storage.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/class-wp-paused-extensions-storage.php#L32)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/class-wp-paused-extensions-storage.php#L32-L34)

## 󠀁[Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_paused_extensions_storage/__construct/?output_format=md#related)󠁿

| Used by | Description | 
| [wp_paused_plugins()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_paused_plugins/)`wp-includes/error-protection.php` |

Get the instance for storing paused plugins.

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| [wp_paused_themes()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_paused_themes/)`wp-includes/error-protection.php` |

Get the instance for storing paused extensions.

  |

## 󠀁[Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_paused_extensions_storage/__construct/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

| Version | Description | 
| [5.2.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/5.2.0/) | Introduced. |

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