Title: wp_paused_plugins
Published: May 7, 2019
Last modified: May 20, 2026

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# wp_paused_plugins(): 󠀁[WP_Paused_Extensions_Storage](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_paused_extensions_storage/)󠁿

## In this article

 * [Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_paused_plugins/?output_format=md#return)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_paused_plugins/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_paused_plugins/?output_format=md#related)

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Get the instance for storing paused plugins.

## 󠀁[Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_paused_plugins/?output_format=md#return)󠁿

 [WP_Paused_Extensions_Storage](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_paused_extensions_storage/)

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

    ```php
    function wp_paused_plugins() {
    	static $storage = null;

    	if ( null === $storage ) {
    		$storage = new WP_Paused_Extensions_Storage( 'plugin' );
    	}

    	return $storage;
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/error-protection.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/7.0/src/wp-includes/error-protection.php#L14)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.0/src/wp-includes/error-protection.php#L14-L22)

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

| Uses | Description | 
| [WP_Paused_Extensions_Storage::__construct()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_paused_extensions_storage/__construct/)`wp-includes/class-wp-paused-extensions-storage.php` |

Constructor.

  |

| Used by | Description | 
| [WP_Recovery_Mode::store_error()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_recovery_mode/store_error/)`wp-includes/class-wp-recovery-mode.php` |

Stores the given error so that the extension causing it is paused.

  | 
| [WP_Recovery_Mode::exit_recovery_mode()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_recovery_mode/exit_recovery_mode/)`wp-includes/class-wp-recovery-mode.php` |

Ends the current recovery mode session.

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

Filters a given list of plugins, removing any paused plugins from it.

  | 
| [resume_plugin()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/resume_plugin/)`wp-admin/includes/plugin.php` |

Tries to resume a single plugin.

  | 
| [deactivate_plugins()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/deactivate_plugins/)`wp-admin/includes/plugin.php` |

Deactivates a single plugin or multiple plugins.

  |

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