Title: Doesn’t auto activate
Last modified: May 11, 2018

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# Doesn’t auto activate

 *  Resolved [Uriahs Victor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/uriahs-victor/)
 * (@uriahs-victor)
 * [8 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/doesnt-auto-activate/)
 * The create button says **Create a blank plugin and activate it! ** you’d think
   this would activate the plugin, but you actually have to activate it from the
   plugins area.
 * Not sure if this is intended behavior or not

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 *  Plugin Author [Samuel Wood (Otto)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/otto42/)
 * (@otto42)
 * WordPress.org Admin
 * [8 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/doesnt-auto-activate/#post-10305577)
 * No, the blank plugin that it creates, it also activates, by default.
 * The wording is correct, the empty plugin starts activated.
 * You can examine the code yourself, right here:
 * [https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/pluginception/trunk/pluginception.php](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/pluginception/trunk/pluginception.php)
 * Near the bottom:
 *     ```
       if ( null !== activate_plugin( $plugslug, '', false, true ) ) {
          add_settings_error( 'pluginception', 'activate_plugin', esc_html__('Unable to activate the new plugin.', 'pluginception'), 'error' );
       }
       ```
   
 *  Thread Starter [Uriahs Victor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/uriahs-victor/)
 * (@uriahs-victor)
 * [8 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/doesnt-auto-activate/#post-10313971)
 * Strange I tested and it shows active, could guarantee that there’s been cases
   where it showed inactive, thanks

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 * Last reply from: [Uriahs Victor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/uriahs-victor/)
 * Last activity: [8 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/doesnt-auto-activate/#post-10313971)
 * Status: resolved