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#37351 closed defect (bug) (duplicate)
Already installed plugin shows with "Install Now" button on plugin-install.php page
| Reported by: | mapk | Owned by: | |
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| Priority: | normal | Milestone: | |
| Component: | Plugins | Version: | 3.0 |
| Severity: | normal | Keywords: | |
| Cc: | Focuses: | ui |
Description
I have the plugin Hello Dolly already installed, just not activated. When I search for that plugin in the "Add New Plugin" plugin-install.php page, it shows up with a button to "Install Now". Shouldn't it detect my installation and show "Installed" or "Activate" instead?
Already installed plugin
But shows as needing to be installed on plugin-install.php
Change History (5)
#1
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10 years ago
- Summary Shiny Updates: Already intalled plugin shows with "Install Now" button on plugin-install.php page → Already intalled plugin shows with "Install Now" button on plugin-install.php page
- Version trunk → 3.0
#2
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10 years ago
- Milestone Awaiting Review
- Resolution → duplicate
- Status new → closed
Duplicate of #29540.
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I assume the already installed plugin is
wp-content/plugins/hello.php, which gets shipped with every WordPress site by default.On the
plugin-install.phpscreen, Hello Dolly is displayed as not being installed becauseinstall_plugin_install_status()checks if thewp-content/plugins/hello-dolly/directory exists. Obviously it doesn't, because it's just a PHP file. Therefore you're able to install the plugin from WordPress.org.Technically those are separate plugins that happen to have the same name. It's like having a GitHub checkout from WooCommerce inside
wp-content/plugins/woocommerce-master. You can still download it from WordPress.org