Title: FDP plugin missing from plugins page
Last modified: November 5, 2021

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# FDP plugin missing from plugins page

 *  Resolved [sagescrub](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sagescrub/)
 * (@sagescrub)
 * [4 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fdp-plugin-missing-from-plugins-page/)
 * This is very strange. Recently I made an update via manually upload from the 
   download link you provided. (Sorry I do not remember the exact version)
 * Now FDP plugin is missing from the plugins page. It is still working and active
   and I see it in the menu. The FDP debug and mu updater plugins still appear on
   the plugins page. I also deactivated both to be sure.
 * Today on the wordpress updates screen I updated FDP to the latest version. It
   still does not appear on the plugins page after updating. This is only happening
   on my staging server. On the live server, I did not manually update the version
   that caused this issue, and today after updating to the latest version on the
   live server, FDP does still show in the plugins list.

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 *  Plugin Author [Jose Mortellaro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/giuse/)
 * (@giuse)
 * [4 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fdp-plugin-missing-from-plugins-page/#post-15041597)
 * Hi [@sagescrub](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sagescrub/)
 * Have you maybe hidden the FDP settings in the FDP Role Manger using another user?
 * If so, log in with that user and check the settings in Role Manger.
 * To go to Role Manager, go with your mouse on the gear on the main FDP navigation.
 * If this doesn’t help try adding the following code in the functions.php of your
   child theme if any, or in a functional plugin:
 *     ```
       add_filter( 'all_plugins',function( $plugins ){
       	$fdp = 'freesoul-deactivate-plugins/freesoul-deactivate-plugins.php';
       	if( !in_array( $fdp,$plugins ) ){
       			$plugins[] = $fdp;
       	}
       	return $plugins;
       },999999 );
       ```
   
 * Do you see it after adding that code?
 * If you still don’t see it, open your wp-config.php and check that you don’t have
   any constants that begin with “EOS_DP_” or “FDP_”.
    -  This reply was modified 4 years, 7 months ago by [Jose Mortellaro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/giuse/).
 *  Plugin Author [Jose Mortellaro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/giuse/)
 * (@giuse)
 * [4 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fdp-plugin-missing-from-plugins-page/#post-15111518)
 * Hi [@sagescrub](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sagescrub/)
 * do you have any news about this topic? Can I close this thread?
 *  Plugin Author [Jose Mortellaro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/giuse/)
 * (@giuse)
 * [4 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fdp-plugin-missing-from-plugins-page/#post-15128732)
 * Hi [@sagescrub](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sagescrub/)
 * I will close this thread. If you still have issues don’t hesitate to open it 
   again.
 *  Thread Starter [sagescrub](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sagescrub/)
 * (@sagescrub)
 * [4 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fdp-plugin-missing-from-plugins-page/#post-15208163)
 * Hello Jose,
 * Oops, I lost track of this thread!
 * I tried your suggestions and it FDP plugin is still not showing on the plugins
   page. (it is still active and available from the admin menu)
 * I had disabled FDP in role settings for some other admins, not myself though.
   I re-enabled them and saved. Still no change.
 * I tried the code you provided. FDP does not appear in the plugins list. However,
   a plugin does appear where I might expect FDP to be alphabetically. The plugin
   shows as deactivated (white background with activate link) and the name and description
   is simply “h”. But even though it appears deactivated it has a settings link.
   When I hover the settings link it appears to be for another plugin that we have
   installed. And if I hover over check for updates, the link is for yet another
   plugin.
 * Very strange!
 * Finally, no there are no constants beginning with EOS_DP_ or FDP_ in wp_config.
   php.
 *  Plugin Author [Jose Mortellaro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/giuse/)
 * (@giuse)
 * [4 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fdp-plugin-missing-from-plugins-page/#post-15208193)
 * Hi [@sagescrub](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sagescrub/)
 * honestly, this is the strangest issue I’ve ever heard 🙂
 * Let’s be sure that is not a CSS issue. Maybe FDP is there but it’s hidden by 
   some CSS rules of other plugins.
 * To understand that, I suggest you inspect elements (usually right-click => Inspect
   Elements or F12), and click on Console.
    In the console write exactly this:
 * jQuery(‘[data-slug=”freesoul-deactivate-plugins”]’).length
 * then press Enter.
 * If in the console you see 1 after pressing enter, it means FDP is there, but 
   a CSS rule is hiding it. If you don’t see 1, it means it’s not there.
    Depending
   on the result of this test we will focus on the right direction to investigate
   deeper this strange issue.
 *  Plugin Author [Jose Mortellaro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/giuse/)
 * (@giuse)
 * [4 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fdp-plugin-missing-from-plugins-page/#post-15333992)
 * Hi [@sagescrub](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sagescrub/)
 * do you still need help with this issue? I will close it for inactivity, but if
   you still need help don’t hesitate to open it again and reply.
 *  Thread Starter [sagescrub](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sagescrub/)
 * (@sagescrub)
 * [4 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fdp-plugin-missing-from-plugins-page/#post-15338679)
 * Jose, Yes it is a strange issue! I took your advice and from the plugins.php 
   page I ran the supplied jquery in the console. The result is: 0
 * p.s. I am sorry again for the delay. For some reason I did not get the notification
   email. I’ll try to check back more often this time.
 *  Plugin Author [Jose Mortellaro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/giuse/)
 * (@giuse)
 * [4 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fdp-plugin-missing-from-plugins-page/#post-15338755)
 * Hi [@sagescrub](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sagescrub/)
 * really no problem 🙂 Soon or later we will fix it 🙂
 * Have you tried to update to the last version? Even though you can’t see it on
   the page of plugins you can try to upload the zip of the last version. You can
   take it from the WP page [https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/freesoul-deactivate-plugins.1.8.9.0.4.zip](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/freesoul-deactivate-plugins.1.8.9.0.4.zip)
 * I would first install the new version. If you still have the same issue, do the
   following:
 * – Add this code in wp-config.php:
 *     ```
       define( "FDP_EMERGENCY_ADMIN_PLUGINS",array(
       	// "freesoul-deactivate-plugins/freesoul-deactivate-plugins.php",
       ) );
       ```
   
 * The code above will unload all the plugins in the page of plugins. The main file
   of FDP will not run either.
    – Go to the page of plugins and check if you still
   have the same issue.
 * If you don’t have issues without FDP, uncomment the line of code to activate 
   FDP. Your code will be:
 *     ```
       define( "FDP_EMERGENCY_ADMIN_PLUGINS",array(
       	"freesoul-deactivate-plugins/freesoul-deactivate-plugins.php",
       ) );
       ```
   
 * By doing so we will know if the problem is caused by FDP or by another plugin.
   
   I expect it’s caused by FDP, but I would like just to be sure before continuing
   the investigation. It’s also important that you have the last FDP version.
 *  Thread Starter [sagescrub](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sagescrub/)
 * (@sagescrub)
 * [4 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fdp-plugin-missing-from-plugins-page/#post-15342945)
 * Jose,
 * Yes I have been updating the plugin and it is already 1.8.9.0.4. While it does
   not show in the plugins page, it is still active and I am still able to update
   it from the updates page.
 * I tried the code you provided at the end of wp-config.php. In both cases, there
   was no noticeable change to FDP or any other plugins while loading the plugins
   page.
 * Would it help you in troubleshooting to have temporary admin access to the staging
   website?
 * Thank you!
 *  Plugin Author [Jose Mortellaro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/giuse/)
 * (@giuse)
 * [4 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fdp-plugin-missing-from-plugins-page/#post-15346313)
 * Hi [@sagescrub](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sagescrub/)
 * I forgot to say it, the code should be added in wp-config.php before the comment/*
   That’s all, stop editing! Happy blogging. */. If you add it after require_once(
   ABSPATH . ‘wp-settings.php’); it will have no effect.
 * If you have a staging environment it’s easier.
    For providing me with sensitive
   information you can use the contact form at [https://freesoul-deactivate-plugins.com/contact/](https://freesoul-deactivate-plugins.com/contact/).

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