Title: Deactivate plugin via javascript or functions.php?
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Deactivate plugin via javascript or functions.php?

 *  [Lucas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/criatweb/)
 * (@criatweb)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deactivate-plugin-via-javascript-or-functionsphp/)
 * I’m trying to create a code in functions.php to:
    -  Enable a plugin if there’s any user online (any user, not only if the current
      visitor is logged in)
    -  Disable a plugin if there’s
       no user online
 * So I made:
 *     ```
       function deactivate_plugin_conditional() {
           if (is_user_logged_in()) {
           	activate_plugins('online-chat/online-chat.php');
           	}
           if (!is_user_logged_in()) {
               deactivate_plugins('online-chat/online-chat.php');
           	}
           }
           add_action( 'admin_init', 'deactivate_plugin_conditional' );
       ```
   
 * But it doesn’t works quite right, since is_user_logged_in is a condition relative
   to the current visitor, and I need a global condition… If there’s any user online,
   activate plugin. If not, deactivate plugin.
 * The reason: Registration in this website is restricted, there’s only one user,
   and this is a chat plugin… So, the chat will only be enabled if the admin is 
   online and available to chat, otherwise it won’t show up!
 * edit: So, I was looking at online-chat.js and found this code:
 *     ```
       if($chatElements.userList.children('li').length < 1){
       		$('#oc-no-users-online-notice').show();
       	} else {
       		$chatElements.userList.children('li.online, li.active').on('click',activateOpenChat);
       	}
       ```
   
 * Is there a way to deactivate and activate the plugin withing the js?

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