deactivate_plugins() – Function | Developer.WordPress.org

Deactivates a single plugin or multiple plugins.

Description

The deactivation hook is disabled by the plugin upgrader by using the $silent parameter.

Parameters

$pluginsstring|string[]required: Single plugin or list of plugins to deactivate.
$silentbooloptional: Prevent calling deactivation hooks.
Default:false
$network_widebool|nulloptional: Whether to deactivate the plugin for all sites in the network.
A value of null will deactivate plugins for both the network and the current site. Multisite only.
Default:null

This function is often used by a plugin to deactivate itself if the plugin requires the presence of certain features that are missing in environment after an administrator has activated it. This is usually the last step in a dependency-checking function.

Source

function deactivate_plugins( $plugins, $silent = false, $network_wide = null ) {
	if ( is_multisite() ) {
		$network_current = get_site_option( 'active_sitewide_plugins', array() );
	}
	$current    = get_option( 'active_plugins', array() );
	$do_blog    = false;
	$do_network = false;

	foreach ( (array) $plugins as $plugin ) {
		$plugin = plugin_basename( trim( $plugin ) );
		if ( ! is_plugin_active( $plugin ) ) {
			continue;
		}

		$network_deactivating = ( false !== $network_wide ) && is_plugin_active_for_network( $plugin );

		if ( ! $silent ) {
			/**
			 * Fires before a plugin is deactivated.
			 *
			 * If a plugin is silently deactivated (such as during an update),
			 * this hook does not fire.
			 *
			 * @since 2.9.0
			 *
			 * @param string $plugin               Path to the plugin file relative to the plugins directory.
			 * @param bool   $network_deactivating Whether the plugin is deactivated for all sites in the network
			 *                                     or just the current site. Multisite only. Default false.
			 */
			do_action( 'deactivate_plugin', $plugin, $network_deactivating );
		}

		if ( false !== $network_wide ) {
			if ( is_plugin_active_for_network( $plugin ) ) {
				$do_network = true;
				unset( $network_current[ $plugin ] );
			} elseif ( $network_wide ) {
				continue;
			}
		}

		if ( true !== $network_wide ) {
			$key = array_search( $plugin, $current, true );
			if ( false !== $key ) {
				$do_blog = true;
				unset( $current[ $key ] );
			}
		}

		if ( $do_blog && wp_is_recovery_mode() ) {
			list( $extension ) = explode( '/', $plugin );
			wp_paused_plugins()->delete( $extension );
		}

		if ( ! $silent ) {
			/**
			 * Fires as a specific plugin is being deactivated.
			 *
			 * This hook is the "deactivation" hook used internally by register_deactivation_hook().
			 * The dynamic portion of the hook name, `$plugin`, refers to the plugin basename.
			 *
			 * If a plugin is silently deactivated (such as during an update), this hook does not fire.
			 *
			 * @since 2.0.0
			 *
			 * @param bool $network_deactivating Whether the plugin is deactivated for all sites in the network
			 *                                   or just the current site. Multisite only. Default false.
			 */
			do_action( "deactivate_{$plugin}", $network_deactivating );

			/**
			 * Fires after a plugin is deactivated.
			 *
			 * If a plugin is silently deactivated (such as during an update),
			 * this hook does not fire.
			 *
			 * @since 2.9.0
			 *
			 * @param string $plugin               Path to the plugin file relative to the plugins directory.
			 * @param bool   $network_deactivating Whether the plugin is deactivated for all sites in the network
			 *                                     or just the current site. Multisite only. Default false.
			 */
			do_action( 'deactivated_plugin', $plugin, $network_deactivating );
		}
	}

	if ( $do_blog ) {
		update_option( 'active_plugins', $current );
	}
	if ( $do_network ) {
		update_site_option( 'active_sitewide_plugins', $network_current );
	}
}

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Hooks

do_action( ‘deactivated_plugin’, string $plugin, bool $network_deactivating ): Fires after a plugin is deactivated.
do_action( “deactivate_{$plugin}”, bool $network_deactivating ): Fires as a specific plugin is being deactivated.

Uses	Description
wp_is_recovery_mode()`wp-includes/load.php`	Determines whether WordPress is in Recovery Mode.
wp_paused_plugins()`wp-includes/error-protection.php`	Get the instance for storing paused plugins.
is_plugin_active()`wp-admin/includes/plugin.php`	Determines whether a plugin is active.
is_plugin_active_for_network()`wp-admin/includes/plugin.php`	Determines whether the plugin is active for the entire network.
plugin_basename()`wp-includes/plugin.php`	Gets the basename of a plugin.
update_site_option()`wp-includes/option.php`	Updates the value of an option that was already added for the current network.
is_multisite()`wp-includes/load.php`	Determines whether Multisite is enabled.
do_action()`wp-includes/plugin.php`	Calls the callback functions that have been added to an action hook.
get_site_option()`wp-includes/option.php`	Retrieve an option value for the current network based on name of option.
update_option()`wp-includes/option.php`	Updates the value of an option that was already added.
get_option()`wp-includes/option.php`	Retrieves an option value based on an option name.

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Used by	Description
WP_REST_Plugins_Controller::handle_plugin_status()`wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-plugins-controller.php`	Handle updating a plugin’s status.
Plugin_Upgrader::deactivate_plugin_before_upgrade()`wp-admin/includes/class-plugin-upgrader.php`	Deactivates a plugin before it is upgraded.
validate_active_plugins()`wp-admin/includes/plugin.php`	Validates active plugins.

Changelog

Version	Description
2.5.0	Introduced.

User Contributed Notes

Aurovrata Venet 2 years ago

If you need to keep checking the dependency of another plugin, then you can hook the `admin_init` action to automatically deactivate the plugin should the other plugin be deactivated by administrator,

add_action( 'admin_init', 'wpdocs_check_plugin_dependency' );
function wpdocs_check_plugin_dependency() {
  // make sure to add your own plugin active check to stop looping over the wp_die call.
  if ( ! is_plugin_active( 'wpdocs-some-other-plugin/plugin.php' ) && is_plugin_active( 'wpdocs-my-cool-plugin/plugin.php' ) ) {
    deactivate_plugins( 'wpdocs-my-cool-plugin/plugin.php' );
        
    $button = '<a href="' . esc_attr( network_admin_url( 'plugins.php' ) . '" rel="nofollow ugc">Return to Plugins</a>';
    wp_die( 'My Cool Plugin requires Some Other Plugin, and has therefore been deactivated!' . $button );
  }
}

Codex 9 years ago

Example

/**
 * Deactivate plugin example class.
 */
class WPDocs_Deactivate_Plugin {

	/**
	 * Constructor.
	 */
	public function __construct() {
		register_activation_hook( __FILE__, array( $this , 'activate' ) );
	}

	/**
	 * Attempts to activate the plugin if at least PHP 5.4.
	 */
	public function activate() {
		// Check PHP Version and deactivate & die if it doesn't meet minimum requirements.
		if ( version_compare( PHP_VERSION, '5.4', '<=' ) ) {
			deactivate_plugins( plugin_basename( __FILE__ ) );
			wp_die( __( 'This plugin requires PHP Version 5.4 or greater.  Sorry about that.', 'textdomain' ) );
		}
		
		// Do activate Stuff now.
	}
}
new WPDocs_Deactivate_Plugin();

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Benji Kostenbader 2 years ago

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The “Plugin name” in the docs is referring to the plugin_basename, the relative path for your plugin itself. For example, if your plugin resides in wp-content/plugins/my-custom-plugin/my-custom-plugin.php, the plugin_basename you’d use for this function is my-custom-plugin/my-custom-plugin.php.

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deactivate_plugins( string|string[] $plugins, bool $silent = false, bool|null $network_wide = null )

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