Title: wp_plugin_dependencies_slug
Published: April 3, 2024
Last modified: May 20, 2026

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# apply_filters( ‘wp_plugin_dependencies_slug’, string $slug )

## In this article

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

[ Back to top](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/wp_plugin_dependencies_slug/?output_format=md#wp--skip-link--target)

Filters a plugin dependency’s slug before matching to the WordPress.org slug format.

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

Can be used to switch between free and premium plugin slugs, for example.

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

 `$slug`string

The slug.

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

    ```php
    $slug = apply_filters( 'wp_plugin_dependencies_slug', $slug );
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/class-wp-plugin-dependencies.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/7.0/src/wp-includes/class-wp-plugin-dependencies.php#L594)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.0/src/wp-includes/class-wp-plugin-dependencies.php#L594-L594)

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

| Used by | Description | 
| [WP_Plugin_Dependencies::sanitize_dependency_slugs()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_plugin_dependencies/sanitize_dependency_slugs/)`wp-includes/class-wp-plugin-dependencies.php` |

Sanitizes slugs.

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

| Version | Description | 
| [6.5.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/6.5.0/) | Introduced. |

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