Title: Known Plugin Dependencies
Author: Juliette Reinders Folmer
Published: <strong>September 19, 2014</strong>
Last modified: December 7, 2015

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# Known Plugin Dependencies

 By [Juliette Reinders Folmer](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jrf/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/known-plugin-dependencies.0.1.zip)

 * [Details](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/known-plugin-dependencies/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/known-plugin-dependencies/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/known-plugin-dependencies/#installation)
 * [Development](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/known-plugin-dependencies/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/known-plugin-dependencies/)

## Description

The awesome [WordPress Plugin Dependencies](https://wordpress.org/plugins/plugin-dependencies/)
plugin introduces plugin dependency management right into your WordPress admin area.

Unfortunately, the reality is that very few plugins currently contain dependency
information and until that changes, the effect of having the WordPress Plugin Dependencies
plugin activated is minimal.

This plugin enriches the information about dependencies available to the Plugin 
Dependencies plugin bridging the gap until plugins catch up and start incorporating
the `Depends` and `Provides` tags in their file headers properly.

> You’ll need to have version **1.3** or higher of the [WordPress Plugin Dependencies](https://wordpress.org/plugins/plugin-dependencies/)
> plugin installed for this plugin to have any effect.

#### Disclaimer:

The dependency list provided by this plugin is – _and will always be_ – incomplete.

Additional information to be added to the list is [very welcome](https://github.com/jrfnl/wp-known-plugin-dependencies/pulls)
and will be gracefully accepted.

Even better: send a pull request or bug report to your favorite add-on plugin requesting
them to start using the tags.

#### Background

This plugin was inspired by [this discussion](https://github.com/x-team/wp-plugin-dependencies/issues/34).

Rather than having individual developers create their own lists to enrich the available
information, this plugin tries to bundle the knowledge of dependencies.

The ultimate goal is for the `Depends` tag to be widely adopted and this plugin 
to become obsolete.

Of course, it would also help **a lot** if the Depends/Provides tags would be officially
recognized and mentioned in the [Plugin Developers FAQ](https://wordpress.org/plugins/about/faq/)
and if what’s expected to be at the top of the main .php file would be as well documented
as the readme.txt file in the [Developer Center](https://wordpress.org/plugins/about/),
but that’s a whole other challenge 😉

Any lobbying you can do for this will of course be encouraged and applauded!

If you like this plugin, please [rate and/or review](https://wordpress.org/support/view/plugin-reviews/known-plugin-dependencies)
it. If you have ideas on how to make the plugin even better or if you have found
any bugs, please report these in the [Support Forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/known-plugin-dependencies)
or in the [GitHub repository](https://github.com/jrfnl/wp-known-plugin-dependencies/issues).

## Screenshots

 * [[
 * Before: Plugins page with the Plugin Dependency plugin activated.
 * [[
 * After: Plugins page with the Plugin Dependency plugin activated + Known Plugin
   Dependencies plugin activated.

## Installation

 1. Extract the .zip file for this plugin and upload its contents to the `/wp-content/
    plugins/` directory. Alternatively, you can install directly from the Plugin directory
    within your WordPress Install.
 2. Activate the plugin through the “Plugins” menu in WordPress.

## FAQ

  How to add dependency information to a plugin:

Add a ‘Depends:’ tag to the header of the main plugin .php file of plugin.

    ```
    <?php
    /**
     * Plugin name: My Plugin
     * Depends:     Another Plugin
     */
    ```

**_Sending in Git pull requests/ SVN change requests to plugins with known dependencies
is the best way to ensure plugin inter-dependency information is known and I strongly
encourage you to do so._**

## Reviews

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/8a2f27398185c41e6f4ad15bb101cde9d98424b48fcca02aad25331ee10e59a6?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Excellent!!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excellent-3291/)󠁿

 [PaulDavids](https://profiles.wordpress.org/pauldavids/) September 3, 2016

Thankyou so much for the plugin. I hope that you are shown more support, in any 
event I encourage you to continue the good work.

 [ Read all 1 review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/known-plugin-dependencies/reviews/)

## Contributors & Developers

“Known Plugin Dependencies” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Juliette Reinders Folmer ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jrf/)

[Translate “Known Plugin Dependencies” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/known-plugin-dependencies)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/known-plugin-dependencies/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/known-plugin-dependencies/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/known-plugin-dependencies/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/known-plugin-dependencies/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 0.1 (2014-09-20)

 * Initial release

## Meta

 *  Version **0.1**
 *  Last updated **10 years ago**
 *  Active installations **10+**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.1 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **4.4.34**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/known-plugin-dependencies/)
 * Tags
 * [composer](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/composer/)[dependency](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/dependency/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/known-plugin-dependencies/advanced/)

## Ratings

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## Contributors

 *   [ Juliette Reinders Folmer ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jrf/)

## Support

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