Title: Prefix functions
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Prefix functions

 *  Resolved [Tibor Paulsch](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tibor/)
 * (@tibor)
 * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/prefix-functions/)
 * Hi Ryan,
 * Thanks for sharing!
 * I noticed you did not prefix the functions that are being used in the plugin.
   I would recommend doing that, to prevent conflicts.
 * Cheers, Tibor
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 *  Plugin Author [Ryan Hellyer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ryanhellyer/)
 * (@ryanhellyer)
 * [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/prefix-functions/#post-6595766)
 * I’m not sure what you mean. All of the functions are prefixed with the plugin
   slug.
 *  Thread Starter [Tibor Paulsch](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tibor/)
 * (@tibor)
 * [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/prefix-functions/#post-6595767)
 * After nine months I am also not sure anymore 🙂
 * I guess I did not recognize “disable_emojis” as being a prefix.
 * **Update**: looking at it again, I still would not see it as a prefix in
 * `function disable_emojis()`
 *  Plugin Author [Ryan Hellyer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ryanhellyer/)
 * (@ryanhellyer)
 * [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/prefix-functions/#post-6595768)
 * Hmm. I often use the softwares name as a central loading function name or class.
   I guess in this case, the name is quite short and generic so perhaps that is 
   not the best approach here.
 * If I release a new version, or if a clash is ever found, then I’ll definitely
   update it. In the meantime I’ll just leave it like this to avoid doing a version
   bump and forcing everyone to upgrade.
 * Thanks for your input 🙂
 * If anyone reads this later, and feels I should definitely change the function
   name, please let me know.
 *  Thread Starter [Tibor Paulsch](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tibor/)
 * (@tibor)
 * [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/prefix-functions/#post-6595769)
 * The less generic the function name the better, but 30.000 active installs later
   and without complaints I would probably also not bother too much 🙂

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 * Last activity: [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/prefix-functions/#post-6595769)
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