id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	priority	milestone	component	version	severity	resolution	keywords	cc
10000	unable to see (or activate) plugins copied manually into wp-content/plugins/	helened		"Unable to see (or activate) any plugin that is manually copied into ""wp-content/plugins/"" directory...unless another plugin is installed afterwards using the ""Add New"" selection or after 2 hours has passed (cron takes that long to reread ""wp-content/plugins/ and update ""wp_options"" apparently).

To reproduce bug: 1) download a new plugin that contains multiple files onto your PC, 2) unzip new plugin, 3) ""FTP"" new plugin folder to your web server and put it in ""/www-root-folder/my-wordpress-path/wp-content/plugins/"", 4) in browser, load www.my-site.com/my-wordpress-path/wp-admin/plugins.php, 5) new plugin is NOT listed.

To fix (IMHO): 1) have ""plugins.php"" reread ""wp-content/plugins/"" directory every time it is loaded, or 2) add a button ""[refresh/reread plugins list]"" that rereads the contents of ""wp-content/plugins"" and updates ""wp-options"" whenever it is clicked.

FYI. This might be the same bug reported in ticket#9649."	defect (bug)	closed	normal		General	2.6	normal	worksforme	plugin