Activates multiple plugins.

When WP_Error is returned, it does not mean that one of the plugins had errors. It means that one or more of the plugin file paths were invalid.

The execution will be halted as soon as one of the plugins has an error.

$plugins string|string[] Required

Single plugin or list of plugins to activate.

$redirect string Optional

Redirect to page after successful activation.

Default: ''

$network_wide bool Optional

Whether to enable the plugin for all sites in the network.

Default: false

$silent bool Optional

Prevent calling activation hooks.

Default: false

bool|WP_Error True when finished or WP_Error if there were errors during a plugin activation.

File: wp-admin/includes/plugin.php. View all references

function activate_plugins( $plugins, $redirect = '', $network_wide = false, $silent = false ) {
	if ( ! is_array( $plugins ) ) {
		$plugins = array( $plugins );
	}

	$errors = array();
	foreach ( $plugins as $plugin ) {
		if ( ! empty( $redirect ) ) {
			$redirect = add_query_arg( 'plugin', $plugin, $redirect );
		}
		$result = activate_plugin( $plugin, $redirect, $network_wide, $silent );
		if ( is_wp_error( $result ) ) {
			$errors[ $plugin ] = $result;
		}
	}

	if ( ! empty( $errors ) ) {
		return new WP_Error( 'plugins_invalid', __( 'One of the plugins is invalid.' ), $errors );
	}

	return true;
}