As a WordPress user, you may find yourself wondering how to check if a plugin is active on your site. After all, you don’t want to install a plugin only to find out it’s not working. Fortunately, there are several ways to check if a plugin is active in WordPress.
The easiest way to check if a plugin is active in WordPress is to go to the Plugins page in your WordPress dashboard. This page will show you a list of all the plugins installed on your site. If the plugin you’re looking for is listed, it is active.
Another way to check if a plugin is active is to look for it in the source code of your site. To do this, right-click on the page and select “View Source.” This will open the HTML source code of the page in a new window. Look for the plugin’s name in the source code. If it’s there, the plugin is active.
You can also check by looking for it in the WordPress database. To do this, you’ll need to access your database using a tool like phpMyAdmin. Look for the “options” table and then search for the plugin’s name. If it’s listed, the plugin is active.
Finally, if you’re using a caching plugin, you may need to clear the cache to ensure the plugin is active. Caching plugins store a static version of your site in the browser’s cache, and this version may not reflect changes made to the site. To clear the cache, go to the settings page for your caching plugin and click the “Clear Cache” button.
These are just a few ways to do so. Knowing how to do this is essential for troubleshooting problems with your site or ensuring that a plugin is working properly.
However, if you are a WordPress developer and need to know if a plugin is active (like WooCommerce) you have to do it programmatically. Use the following code to check if a specific plugin is active or not in WordPress Theme.
if (is_plugin_active('plugin-slug/plugin-file.php'))
For example, to check if One Click Demo Import activation.
if (is_plugin_active('one-click-demo-import/one-click-demo-import.php')){
echo "Plugin is active";
}