Title: deactivated_plugins_notice
Published: July 20, 2021
Last modified: February 24, 2026

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# deactivated_plugins_notice()

## In this article

 * [Description](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/deactivated_plugins_notice/?output_format=md#description)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/deactivated_plugins_notice/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/deactivated_plugins_notice/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/deactivated_plugins_notice/?output_format=md#changelog)

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This function’s access is marked private. This means it is not intended for use 
by plugin or theme developers, only by core. It is listed here for completeness.

Renders an admin notice when a plugin was deactivated during an update.

## 󠀁[Description](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/deactivated_plugins_notice/?output_format=md#description)󠁿

Displays an admin notice in case a plugin has been deactivated during an upgrade
due to incompatibility with the current version of WordPress.

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

    ```php
    function deactivated_plugins_notice() {
    	if ( 'plugins.php' === $GLOBALS['pagenow'] ) {
    		return;
    	}

    	if ( ! current_user_can( 'activate_plugins' ) ) {
    		return;
    	}

    	$blog_deactivated_plugins = get_option( 'wp_force_deactivated_plugins' );
    	$site_deactivated_plugins = array();

    	if ( false === $blog_deactivated_plugins ) {
    		// Option not in database, add an empty array to avoid extra DB queries on subsequent loads.
    		update_option( 'wp_force_deactivated_plugins', array(), false );
    	}

    	if ( is_multisite() ) {
    		$site_deactivated_plugins = get_site_option( 'wp_force_deactivated_plugins' );
    		if ( false === $site_deactivated_plugins ) {
    			// Option not in database, add an empty array to avoid extra DB queries on subsequent loads.
    			update_site_option( 'wp_force_deactivated_plugins', array() );
    		}
    	}

    	if ( empty( $blog_deactivated_plugins ) && empty( $site_deactivated_plugins ) ) {
    		// No deactivated plugins.
    		return;
    	}

    	$deactivated_plugins = array_merge( $blog_deactivated_plugins, $site_deactivated_plugins );

    	foreach ( $deactivated_plugins as $plugin ) {
    		if ( ! empty( $plugin['version_compatible'] ) && ! empty( $plugin['version_deactivated'] ) ) {
    			$explanation = sprintf(
    				/* translators: 1: Name of deactivated plugin, 2: Plugin version deactivated, 3: Current WP version, 4: Compatible plugin version. */
    				__( '%1$s %2$s was deactivated due to incompatibility with WordPress %3$s, please upgrade to %1$s %4$s or later.' ),
    				$plugin['plugin_name'],
    				$plugin['version_deactivated'],
    				$GLOBALS['wp_version'],
    				$plugin['version_compatible']
    			);
    		} else {
    			$explanation = sprintf(
    				/* translators: 1: Name of deactivated plugin, 2: Plugin version deactivated, 3: Current WP version. */
    				__( '%1$s %2$s was deactivated due to incompatibility with WordPress %3$s.' ),
    				$plugin['plugin_name'],
    				! empty( $plugin['version_deactivated'] ) ? $plugin['version_deactivated'] : '',
    				$GLOBALS['wp_version'],
    				$plugin['version_compatible']
    			);
    		}

    		$message = sprintf(
    			'<strong>%s</strong><br>%s</p><p><a href="%s">%s</a>',
    			sprintf(
    				/* translators: %s: Name of deactivated plugin. */
    				__( '%s plugin deactivated during WordPress upgrade.' ),
    				$plugin['plugin_name']
    			),
    			$explanation,
    			esc_url( admin_url( 'plugins.php?plugin_status=inactive' ) ),
    			__( 'Go to the Plugins screen' )
    		);
    		wp_admin_notice( $message, array( 'type' => 'warning' ) );
    	}

    	// Empty the options.
    	update_option( 'wp_force_deactivated_plugins', array(), false );
    	if ( is_multisite() ) {
    		update_site_option( 'wp_force_deactivated_plugins', array() );
    	}
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-admin/includes/plugin.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/6.9.4/src/wp-admin/includes/plugin.php#L2612)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/6.9.4/src/wp-admin/includes/plugin.php#L2612-L2684)

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

| Uses | Description | 
| [wp_admin_notice()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_admin_notice/)`wp-includes/functions.php` |

Outputs an admin notice.

  | 
| [update_site_option()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/update_site_option/)`wp-includes/option.php` |

Updates the value of an option that was already added for the current network.

  | 
| [current_user_can()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/current_user_can/)`wp-includes/capabilities.php` |

Returns whether the current user has the specified capability.

  | 
| [__()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/__/)`wp-includes/l10n.php` |

Retrieves the translation of $text.

  | 
| [esc_url()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/esc_url/)`wp-includes/formatting.php` |

Checks and cleans a URL.

  | 
| [is_multisite()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/is_multisite/)`wp-includes/load.php` |

Determines whether Multisite is enabled.

  | 
| [admin_url()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/admin_url/)`wp-includes/link-template.php` |

Retrieves the URL to the admin area for the current site.

  | 
| [get_site_option()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_site_option/)`wp-includes/option.php` |

Retrieve an option value for the current network based on name of option.

  | 
| [update_option()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/update_option/)`wp-includes/option.php` |

Updates the value of an option that was already added.

  | 
| [get_option()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_option/)`wp-includes/option.php` |

Retrieves an option value based on an option name.

  |

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

| Version | Description | 
| [5.8.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/5.8.0/) | Introduced. |

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