Restricting users from deactivating specific plugins in WordPress

​

Restricting users from deactivating specific plugins in WordPress

1. Log in to your WordPress site with an administrator account.
2. On the Dashboard in the left sidebar, click Appearance, and then click Theme Editor:
   
3. On the Theme Editor, select the Theme you want to edit from the dropdown:
   
4. The files for this selected theme are listed on the right column under Theme Files. Click on the file named “functions.php”:
   
5. The code below deactivates bothwpforms and woocommerce installed in their respective folders:

• ‘wpforms/wpforms.php’,
• ‘woocommerce/woocommerce.php’

6. Insert the following code to the end of functions.php file and click Update File Button to save the changes:

add_filter( 'plugin_action_links', 'disable_plugin_deactivation', 10, 4 );

function disable_plugin_deactivation( $actions, $plugin_file, $plugin_data, $context ) {

    if ( array_key_exists( 'deactivate', $actions ) && in_array( $plugin_file, array(

       'wpforms/wpforms.php',

        'woocommerce/woocommerce.php' 

    )))

        unset( $actions['deactivate'] );

    return $actions;

}

​

Related articles

• Disabling plugin updates
• Disabling plugins in WordPress
• Enabling automatic updates for WordPress plugins