Title: plugins don’t activate
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# plugins don’t activate

 *  [hendrik_le_roux](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hendrik_le_roux/)
 * (@hendrik_le_roux)
 * [20 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugins-dont-activate/)
 * I recently installed WP152 and downloaded the highly acclaimed poll by Lester
   GaMerZ Chan.
 * My WP installation went without ANY problems or errors.
 * The polls plugin installation went without ANY problems or errors.
 * It was onl;y then that I saw that none of my plugins will activate. If you click“
   Activate” it shows the box saying “Plugin activated”, but that’s it – nothing
   further happens. Log out, log in again, the plugin option still shows “Activate”.
 * I checked the db: the active_plugins in the wp_options table shows a:0:{}, and
   keeps on showing that. I also had a look at the “view page source” of some sites
   with the plugin activated, and they have a line “Added by plugin: …”, which does
   not happen on my site at all.
 * It seems the plugins just will n ot activate, and I do not know why.
 * Can anyone please help me feel less stupid?

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 *  [TechGnome](https://wordpress.org/support/users/techgnome/)
 * (@techgnome)
 * [20 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugins-dont-activate/#post-272447)
 * Ok, let me get this straight….. you activate a plugin, and it says “Plugin Activated”.,…..
   and yet you can’t get it to activate?
 * I’m confused…. how do you know it’s not activating, when it clearly says it is
   activated?
 * And what plugins are we talkin about?
 * Have you followed the directions for installation for the plugins? Sometimes 
   they require you to edit the proper template file to put the hook in the right
   place.
 * -tg
 *  [MichaelH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaelh/)
 * (@michaelh)
 * [20 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugins-dont-activate/#post-272456)
 * As TechGnome suggested, make sure you read the “readme.txt” and follow the instructions
   carefully–it’s very detailed.
 * I know some of Lester’s plugins don’t present the option to Activate the plugin.
 *  Thread Starter [hendrik_le_roux](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hendrik_le_roux/)
 * (@hendrik_le_roux)
 * [20 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugins-dont-activate/#post-272597)
 * Okay – let me trey again:
 * I re-installed WP152 this morning(again).
    Immediately I see 3 available plugins:
   Hello Dolly ………… Activate Markdown ………… Activate Textile1 ………… Activate
 * This is normal, I think.
 * Then I do:
    Hello Dolly ………… <click> Markdown ………… Activate Textile1 ………… Activate
 * And I see:
    <new little box>Plugin activate!!</new little box> Hello Dolly …………
   Activate Markdown ………… Activate Textile1 ………… Activate
 * Should Hello Dolly not show:?
    Hello Dolly ………… Deactivate Markdown ………… Activate
   Textile1 ………… Activate
 * Then I add wp-polls, after having read the non-rocket-science readme.txt, and
   after having clarified everything with the plugin author, and lo and behold –
   it behaves exactly the same.
 * Which is why I believe (my) WP152 does not activate it plugins.
 * Also: Can anyone perhaps explain the rationale behind active_plugins in the wp_options
   table? How does it work, what does the different bits of the value mean?
 *  [masey](https://wordpress.org/support/users/masey/)
 * (@masey)
 * [20 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugins-dont-activate/#post-272928)
 * I have the same problem. I just upgraded to WP2.0 and I followed the upgrade 
   instructions to the letter.
 * I deactivated all of the plugins before upgrading and now I find when I go to
   the plugins tab in the upgraded admin panel, any plugins I do have installed 
   are “Activated”. When I click on the ‘Activate’ link they remain “Activated”.
   Either way, the plugins don’t work. It’s driving me around the bend. Can anyone
   help?
 *  [masey](https://wordpress.org/support/users/masey/)
 * (@masey)
 * [20 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugins-dont-activate/#post-272929)
 * OK… replace the code in your /wp-admin/plugins.php file with the following:
 * [http://trac.wordpress.org/file/trunk/wp-admin/plugins.php](http://trac.wordpress.org/file/trunk/wp-admin/plugins.php)

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 * 5 replies
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 * Last reply from: [masey](https://wordpress.org/support/users/masey/)
 * Last activity: [20 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugins-dont-activate/#post-272929)
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