Disable plugin deactivation for specific plugins

wordpress snippet

Adding this snippet to the functions.php of your wordpress theme will enable you to remove the deactivate link from specific plugins. This will help you stop clients from deactivating core plugins while still providing access.

snippet : PHPcopy

add_filter( 'plugin_action_links', 'slt_lock_plugins', 10, 4 );
function slt_lock_plugins( $actions, $plugin_file, $plugin_data, $context ) {
    // Remove edit link for all
    if ( array_key_exists( 'edit', $actions ) )
        unset( $actions['edit'] );
    // Remove deactivate link for crucial plugins
    if ( array_key_exists( 'deactivate', $actions ) && in_array( $plugin_file, array(
        'slt-custom-fields/slt-custom-fields.php',
        'slt-file-select/slt-file-select.php',
        'slt-simple-events/slt-simple-events.php',
        'slt-widgets/slt-widgets.php'
    )))
        unset( $actions['deactivate'] );
    return $actions;
}

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