How to use after_plugin_row filter in WordPress

after_plugin_row filter

Fires after each row in the Plugins list table.

To use after_plugin_row filter, first you have to register it using add_filter. You can write this code into functions.php of your activated theme or in a custom WordPress Plugin.

We at Flipper Code, always prefer to create a custom WordPress Plugin while using hooks so nothing breaks when you update your WordPress Theme in the future.

In the below live example, we have defined a function modify_after_plugin_row_defaults which takes 3 parameters and we registered using add_filter. The first parameter after_plugin_row is name of the hook, The second parameter modify_after_plugin_row_defaults is name of the function which need to be called, third parameter is the priority of calling the hook if same hook is used multiple times and the last parameter is the number of arguments (if any) to be passed in the registered function.

Sometime, you have to remove a registered hook so you can use remove_filter to remove after_plugin_row filter.

Parameters

Below are the 3 parameters are required to use this hook.

• $plugin_file : (string) Path to the plugin file relative to the plugins directory.
• $plugin_data : (array) An array of plugin data. See get_plugin_data() and the ‘plugin_row_meta’ filter for the list of possible values.
• $status : (string) Status filter currently applied to the plugin list. Possible values are: ‘all’, ‘active’, ‘inactive’, ‘recently_activated’, ‘upgrade’, ‘mustuse’, ‘dropins’, ‘search’, ‘paused’, ‘auto-update-enabled’, ‘auto-update-disabled’.

Live Example

array (size=27)
  'id' => string '' (length=0)
  'slug' => string '' (length=0)
  'plugin' => string '' (length=0)
  'new_version' => string '1.4.10' (length=6)
  'url' => string '' (length=0)
  'package' => string '' (length=0)
  'icons' => 
    array (size=2)
      '2x' => string '' (length=0)

Below is an example how you can use this hook.

                        function modify_after_plugin_row_defaults($plugin_file, $plugin_data, $status) { 
   
                            // Update the $plugin_file variable according to your website requirements and return this variable. You can modify the $plugin_file variable conditionally too if you want.

                            return $plugin_file; 
                        }
                        // add the filter
                        add_filter( "after_plugin_row", "modify_after_plugin_row_defaults", 10, 3 );

To remove a hook callback, use the example below.

remove_filter( "after_plugin_row", "modify_after_plugin_row_defaults", 10, 3 );

Please make sure provide the same callback function name, priority and number of arguments while removing the hook callback.

Flipper Code is a Premium WordPress Plugins development company and integrating new functionalites into WordPress sites in form of custom WordPress Plugins since 2012. If you’re having any trouble using this hook, please contact our WordPress Development Team and we’d be happy to assist you.