TGM Plugin Activation

Installing TGMPA

Installing the TGM Plugin Activation library is easy. Follow the instructions below:

1. Download the latest release, preferably using the Custom TGMPA Generator.
2. Drop the class file somewhere in your theme or plugin hierarchy.
3. Add a require_once call within functions.php (or other theme or plugin file) referencing the class file.
4. Create a function, hooked to tgmpa_register, that registers the plugin and configurations.

For steps 3 and 4, it is strongly recommended you view, copy and paste the contents of the example.php file which is included in the release package and amend to suit. The example.php file is a model for how you should include the class in your theme.

Some important things to note:

1. With the require_once call, make sure to amend the path to the correct location within your theme/plugin.
2. For plugins pulled from the .org repo, the source argument is optional. Otherwise it is required and should point to the absolute path for the plugin zips within your theme, or to a URL for zips elsewhere online.
3. Updating bundled plugins will only work if you provide a version argument for the plugin where the value of that argument is the version number of the new version included.
4. The $config variable holds an array of arguments that can be used to customize aspects of the class. If you define an absolute default_path for bundled plugins, you do not need to specify the directory path for your bundled plugin within the source argument. You will only need to specify the zip file name.
5. Only add the strings array in the $config variable if you want to change the text strings. Remove them to use the default TGMPA text strings and translations. If you do add your own text strings, make sure you change the text domain (theme-slug) to the text domain of your theme or plugin if you didn’t download your package via the Custom TGMPA Generator.

Continue reading about the Configuration options.

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