Title: pre_current_active_plugins
Published: April 25, 2014
Last modified: May 20, 2026

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# do_action( ‘pre_current_active_plugins’, array[] $plugins_all )

## In this article

 * [Description](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/pre_current_active_plugins/?output_format=md#description)
 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/pre_current_active_plugins/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/pre_current_active_plugins/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/pre_current_active_plugins/?output_format=md#changelog)

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Fires before the plugins list table is rendered.

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

This hook also fires before the plugins list table is rendered in the Network Admin.

Please note: The ‘active’ portion of the hook name does not refer to whether the
current view is for active plugins, but rather all plugins actively-installed.

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

 `$plugins_all`array[]

An array of arrays containing information on all installed plugins.

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

    ```php
    do_action( 'pre_current_active_plugins', $plugins['all'] );
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-admin/plugins.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/7.0/src/wp-admin/plugins.php#L800)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.0/src/wp-admin/plugins.php#L800-L800)

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

| Version | Description | 
| [3.0.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/3.0.0/) | Introduced. |

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