Title: How do WordPress keep track on plugins?
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# How do WordPress keep track on plugins?

 *  [dzv](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dzv/)
 * (@dzv)
 * [17 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-do-wordpress-keep-track-on-plugins/)
 * I can’t seem to find where WordPress keeps information about which plugin who
   is activated or not and what it does. Where is this information? I thought that
   it would be a database for this….
 * Just trying to understand how WordPress workes.
 * Thanks!

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 *  [MichaelH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaelh/)
 * (@michaelh)
 * [17 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-do-wordpress-keep-track-on-plugins/#post-890223)
 * I believe the active plugins are kept in the `wp_options` table and the row where
   option_name=active_plugins.
 * In general, I think the wp-content/plugins folder is checked to return the list
   of all plugins.

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