Title: Deactivate a Plugin (within the same plugin)
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Deactivate a Plugin (within the same plugin)

 *  [zeeg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zeeg/)
 * (@zeeg)
 * [17 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deactivate-a-plugin-within-the-same-plugin/)
 * I’d like to automatically deactivate my plugin, with a message, if they try installing
   it with PHP4.
 * I have a way to not load the PHP5 code, but I need way to do the deactivation(
   and send the message). Any recommendations?

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 * Last reply from: [zeeg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zeeg/)
 * Last activity: [17 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deactivate-a-plugin-within-the-same-plugin/)
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