Questions tagged [activation]
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How to store in the database directly the translation?
I would like to store my custom posts with the correct translation when the user activate the plugin.
$a_custom_post = array(
'post_type' => "foo-page",
'post_status' ...
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How to create a page when a theme is activated?
I want my theme to have an 'about' page available by default when a user uses my theme.
Is there a way to auto create a page when a user selects your template?
Or some other way of achieving this?
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Force file download on plugin activation
I am writing a plugin and want to force users to download a file immediately when they activate the plugin. Here is the code that I've written so far but doesn't work.
No fatal errors but gives ...
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What is the correct way of updating wordpress options
I've added some codes to my theme's function so when I activated the theme, it will update the category base, permalinks, and post_per_page, and they worked perfectly fine.
However, since I'm just ...
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Send activation email to user after signup [duplicate]
I would like to send an email to all users immediately after they signup that requires them to click a link inside that email to "activate" their email address.
Ideally each user account would have ...
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Cannot run the code after I activate the plugin
I wrote a plugin to write code into the wp-config.php – it should download a code file and add it to my wp-content. But I only can run the function manually. I want the plugin to run the function when ...
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On local machine can't log in or reset password but I can log in on the live version, user has activation key in database
I'm working on a local copy of a site that is online and I can't log in or reset password for my user and I can't figure out why. I can click to reset the password with the "forgot password" button ...
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Unable to show a message after plugin activation
Based on: https://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Action_Reference/admin_notices
My actual code
class Activation {
function __construct() {
add_action(
'admin_notices',
array($...
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Unable to activate wordpress importer after installing it
After installing wordpress importer from Tools option in wordpress, when I try to activate it, it gives fatal error.
The relevant php code:
class WXR_Parser {
function parse( $file ) {
//...
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Multisite: Activate plugin for subsites only?
For some plugins, I'm trying to activate only for subsites.
Lets say the plugin is "Contact Form 7" and I need it activated only on subsites.
If activate on Network Admin, it will activated on main ...
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why creating tables using $wpdb is not being executed while installing plugins?
This is the code below I am using to create a table when installing plugin. But, I tried many ways and for some reason it is not working. Is there any other efficient way of doing this? Please Help, ...
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How to automate wordpress plugin activate and deactivate by php logic?
Is it possible to build logic to control the activation and deactivation
of specific wordpress plugins , for example Activation/Deactivation triggered by time period?
thanks for knowledge sharing.
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Login email after registration never sent or received
On my site, after a user registers they receive an email with an activation link. When clicking the activation link, sometimes the page doesn't load, sometimes it does (usually if I click the link ...
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__NAMESPACE__ with register_activation_hook
Im teaching myself namespaces and OOP in wordpress at the moment so bare with me.
In the base of my plugin I'm loading activation and deactivation hooks. Currently the deactivation hook works but ...
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A question about register_activation hook
Looking at wp codex it says:
The register_activation_hook function registers a plugin function to be run when the plugin is activated.
I am finding this to be not entirely correct, for example i can ...
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Plugin Deactivate Self on Activation Errors
Hi I'm wondering if someone can point me in the right direction here. I'm having trouble figuring out how deactivate_plugins() works. I've been using variations of the below for awhile now and it's ...
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Insert terms for custom taxonomy on plugin activation, or each page load (init hook)
Consider a plugin which adds a custom Taxonomy and then fills the taxonomy with a large term hierarchy (tens of hierarchical terms, may become hundreds in specific installations). I understand that ...
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WordPress user account activation
How do I implement user account activation in WordPress? (This is not for multisite.)
Once the user registers through the site or admin panel, the user should get an email with an activation link.
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Activation of new Registered site fails on multisite
I recently installed multisite to my main site. I put a registration link at the top of my page. I tried registering a new site and user. The steps were straight forward with username, email, and ...
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Error Copying Directory On Plugin Activation
I am trying to copy directory using WP_Filesystem API with the method copy_dir() on plugin activation, but it is give me the following error message:
Plugin could not be activated because it ...
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Users set passwords but cannot login
I'm working on a WP-based site that requires creating accounts for users and sending them their password reset links by email so they can activate their accounts.
After manually sending out all the ...
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Wordpress hook source
I am trying to understand how plugins are activated.
wp-admin\includes\plugin.php, line 602, there is a call to run a hook called activated_plugin
do_action( 'activated_plugin', $plugin, $...
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How to Modify/Change a Buddypress/Wordpress Account Activation Process
I'm developing a custom BuddyPress/WordPress Plugin. Here's how a user would normally register.
A user registers as usual on registration page
His/Her account is deactivated till he/she clicks on ...
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API calls on plugin activation or init?
When I activate my plugin, I need to call an API, to get some items, lets say fruits, flowers and animals. I need to create taxonomy terms out of these items. Then I need to loop over these items and ...
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How to activate plugins for my WordPress sites from a remote server
I have been thinking of managing a set of wordpress sites from a remote server.I would like to get information on plugins that has been installed on my wordpress sites.I would also like to install ...
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Activate a plugin through PHPMyAdmin or FTP?
I've just disabled a plugin on my site and it's now giving me the dreaded white screen of death. I know the site will be fine if I reactivate the plugin.
Is there a way to manually activate a plugin ...
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Resend user activation mail
We've set up a small Wordpress environment and added about 150 users by importing an excel document through the User Meta plugin. The Wordpress environment is build for a wedding and lets users fill ...
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Activate plugins by a theme's functions.php?
Is it possible to activate plugins per theme?
I have a multisite, and I know it is possible to activate plugins per site. But I need plugins to be enabled for specific themes.
Someone asked a ...
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Display message on homepage when new user account is activated
When a new user registers on Wordpress an activation link is sent out to their email address. When the user clicks on this link they are directed to my homepage and their account is activated. At ...
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Can't add user to blog on registration (Multisite)
I'm trying to add a users to a specific blog with a role chosen by the user at registration.
I'm able to add the desired role to meta with this:
add_filter( 'add_signup_meta', 'add_register_meta' );...
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How to run an activation function when plugin is network activated on multisite?
I'm trying to make my plugin multisite compatible. I'm using the register_activation_hook() function to register my my_activate() function to run when the plugin is activated. This works well on a ...
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Fetch User Meta Data
Table - wp_usermeta
user_id meta_key meta_value
10 login_status 0
10 active_code 3f7431e226893f16cbe44424850d00ad
I need to select user_id where login_status = 0 and ...
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Activation Account Email
I use a betnami hosted wordpress multisite, when a user sign up in the site he should receive an email with activation link, but it does not work! so how to make it work? and if it work how to ...
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Refresh or redirect page after activate my plugin
I'm quite newbie in PHP and plugin development, and I think I'm missing something obvious but I dont know how to do it.
When I activate my plugin (it adds some menu items), everything it's ok except ...
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Theme with Isoptope after activation in new install not working well [closed]
Hi I'm developing a theme with Isotope (masonry mode) and everything works well in the master/development location of WP. But if I take this theme and I activate it in a new installation of WP (same ...
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Apparent errer when installing plugin
I have been working on my first plugin (call is myplugin). The path to the plugin code is wp-content/plugins/myplugin/myplugin.php. The myplugin.php file is essentially as follows:
<?php
defined(...
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Multiple instance of data in plugin custom database table on plugin activation
I'm creating a plugin that adds some data to a custom table created by my plugin on plugin activations.
I also created a settings page with a form that users can insert their own data to the database....
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Ask user permission when activating a plugin
Is there a specific Wordpress API way to ask the user's permission for something when activating a plugin?
Due to the Wordpress plugin directory policy I have to ask the users consent for the ...
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Run function on plugin activation before plugin is loaded
I have two versions of the same plugin - one is a free version on WordPress.org and the other is a paid upgrade. Both versions use the same function names and so can't be activated at the same time. ...
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I can install my plugin in localhost but not in my server
Well, I finished my first plugin in WordPress but I have a little problem.
My plugin have the next code
add_action('my-plugin/my-plugin.php','rating_install');
add_action('admin_menu','...
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Plugin can't be activated [closed]
I'm developing a WordPress plugin, but the last changes caused the plugin to stop working. It tells me that I can't activate the plugin because it caused a fatal error. On localhost all is working ...
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How to include plugin without activation?
I need to include plugin in my WordPress theme without plugin activation.
I have these lines:
include_once dirname( __FILE__ ) . '/math/class-constrained-array-rounding.php';
include( ...
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Unexpected Output: register_activation_hook with namespace
I encounter a weird error while using the register_activation_hook and namespace.
The plugin generated 236 characters of unexpected output during activation. If you notice “headers already sent” ...
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register_activation_hook for multiple functions
I have created a plugin where I want to call two different functions on activation.
Is there a best way to do this?
Should I use register_activation_hook twice? As in:
register_activation_hook( ...
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Clean way to initialize plugin in newly-added site when plugin has been network activated?
I've been working on migrating one of my plugins to support multisite installs and am attempting to figure out the cleanest way to handle the following series of events:
Plugin is Network Activated
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Activated plugin is stored as an object, rather than as a path
This seems like a very unusual behavior: Usually, when activating a plugin, a path to the plugin's main file (or bootstrap) is stored in the database under options.active_plugins.
However, something ...
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Is it possible to stop a theme activation when a certain plugin is not activated
So I am planning a theme that will depend on a plugin (for instance Timber or Themosis).
So of course a theme will break if it can't use it's depending plugin's. So I would like a way to stop the ...
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Why this function not working for install database on plugin activation
I followed codex instructions from wordpress site but for some reason it's not working for me and i can't understand why is there any debug settings or options to activate to explain me where i go ...
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Different plugins activated online and offline
I develop / add to / etc. my site offline, then transfer the updated database (in toto) to the live site. Some of the plugins I need / use offline, I don't need online, and vice versa.
Is there a way ...
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how to mage the submenu open on wordpress active page
i have the same problem in my website click here
how i can change the code for when you click on corporate profile you go to the page and the sub menu stay open
please some help
