get_plugins( string $plugin_folder = '' )
Check the plugins directory and retrieve all plugin files with plugin data.
Description Description
WordPress only supports plugin files in the base plugins directory (wp-content/plugins) and in one directory above the plugins directory (wp-content/plugins/my-plugin). The file it looks for has the plugin data and must be found in those two locations. It is recommended to keep your plugin files in their own directories.
The file with the plugin data is the file that will be included and therefore needs to have the main execution for the plugin. This does not mean everything must be contained in the file and it is recommended that the file be split for maintainability. Keep everything in one file for extreme optimization purposes.
Parameters Parameters
- $plugin_folder
-
(string) (Optional) Relative path to single plugin folder.
Default value: ''
Return Return
(array) Key is the plugin file path and the value is an array of the plugin data.
Source Source
File: wp-admin/includes/plugin.php
function get_plugins( $plugin_folder = '' ) { $cache_plugins = wp_cache_get( 'plugins', 'plugins' ); if ( ! $cache_plugins ) { $cache_plugins = array(); } if ( isset( $cache_plugins[ $plugin_folder ] ) ) { return $cache_plugins[ $plugin_folder ]; } $wp_plugins = array(); $plugin_root = WP_PLUGIN_DIR; if ( ! empty( $plugin_folder ) ) { $plugin_root .= $plugin_folder; } // Files in wp-content/plugins directory $plugins_dir = @ opendir( $plugin_root ); $plugin_files = array(); if ( $plugins_dir ) { while ( ( $file = readdir( $plugins_dir ) ) !== false ) { if ( substr( $file, 0, 1 ) == '.' ) { continue; } if ( is_dir( $plugin_root . '/' . $file ) ) { $plugins_subdir = @ opendir( $plugin_root . '/' . $file ); if ( $plugins_subdir ) { while ( ( $subfile = readdir( $plugins_subdir ) ) !== false ) { if ( substr( $subfile, 0, 1 ) == '.' ) { continue; } if ( substr( $subfile, -4 ) == '.php' ) { $plugin_files[] = "$file/$subfile"; } } closedir( $plugins_subdir ); } } else { if ( substr( $file, -4 ) == '.php' ) { $plugin_files[] = $file; } } } closedir( $plugins_dir ); } if ( empty( $plugin_files ) ) { return $wp_plugins; } foreach ( $plugin_files as $plugin_file ) { if ( ! is_readable( "$plugin_root/$plugin_file" ) ) { continue; } $plugin_data = get_plugin_data( "$plugin_root/$plugin_file", false, false ); //Do not apply markup/translate as it'll be cached. if ( empty( $plugin_data['Name'] ) ) { continue; } $wp_plugins[ plugin_basename( $plugin_file ) ] = $plugin_data; } uasort( $wp_plugins, '_sort_uname_callback' ); $cache_plugins[ $plugin_folder ] = $wp_plugins; wp_cache_set( 'plugins', $cache_plugins, 'plugins' ); return $wp_plugins; }
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Get All Plugins
The following code snippet returns all plugins installed on your site (not just activated ones).
Example output:
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Results are cached on the first run of the function, therefore it is recommended to call the function at least after the ‘after_setup_theme’ action so that plugins and themes have the ability to filter the results.