Title: Plugin load order cannot be changed
Last modified: August 30, 2020

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# Plugin load order cannot be changed

 *  Resolved [swissspaceboy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/swissspaceboy/)
 * (@swissspaceboy)
 * [5 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-load-order-cannot-be-changed/)
 * Hello,
 * As I have several security plugins installed, I wanted to arrange the **load 
   order** of these plugins via the simple but effective plugin “Plugin Load Order”.
 * When I re-arrange my plugins, this **IP2Location Redirection** plugin cannot 
   be moved, and it always stays on place #2, after my Polylang plugin. All the 
   other security plugins can be moved with no problems.
 * Why this plugin cannot be moved in the load order that I want? Can this be changed
   please?
 * Thanks,
 * Didier.

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 *  Plugin Author [IP2Location](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ip2location/)
 * (@ip2location)
 * [5 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-load-order-cannot-be-changed/#post-13341744)
 * Hi,
 * You cannot change the order. We purposely set this so it can have a higher priority
   to handle the page headers for redirection. Changing the priority will make this
   plugin stop working properly.
 *  Thread Starter [swissspaceboy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/swissspaceboy/)
 * (@swissspaceboy)
 * [5 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-load-order-cannot-be-changed/#post-13346313)
 * Thanks for replying.
 * Allow me to challenge your arguments.
 * 1. I have another “Redirection” plugin (the #1) installed for URL redirects. 
   I can move this plugin in any order that I want, and it still works fine.
    2.
   I have plugins to block bad traffic. I want these plugins to stop my traffic 
   before I start to redirecting them to other pages. So it makes perfectly sense
   to load redirect plugins AFTER traffic blocking plugins. And not the other way
   around!
 * So there is nothing that you can change for the load order?
 * Thanks,
 * Didier.
 *  Plugin Author [IP2Location](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ip2location/)
 * (@ip2location)
 * [5 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-load-order-cannot-be-changed/#post-13347512)
 * Sorry, we will not be changing this at this moment. If there another plugin that
   rewriting headers that have higher priority, the redirection will not work.
 *  Thread Starter [swissspaceboy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/swissspaceboy/)
 * (@swissspaceboy)
 * [5 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-load-order-cannot-be-changed/#post-13350688)
 * Hello,
 * Thanks for the reply. I will have to keep this plugin on the top, **after **the
   Polylang plugin that is still coming up before you guys. Not my fault 🙂
 * We can close this ticket.
 * Didier.

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 * Last reply from: [swissspaceboy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/swissspaceboy/)
 * Last activity: [5 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-load-order-cannot-be-changed/#post-13350688)
 * Status: resolved