Manager

The singleton that manages plugin loading/unloading and installation/uninstallation.

Methods

The class defines the following methods:

isPluginActivated() — Returns true if a plugin has been activated.
isPluginLoaded() — Returns true if plugin is loaded (in memory).
getPluginsDirectories() — Returns the path to all plugins directories.
getPluginDirectory() — Gets the path to a specific plugin.
getThemeEnabled() — Returns the currently enabled theme.
loadAllPluginsAndGetTheirInfo() — Returns info regarding all plugins.
getInstalledPluginsName() — Return names of all installed plugins.
getMissingPlugins() — Returns names of plugins that should be loaded, but cannot be since their files cannot be found.

`isPluginActivated()`

Returns true if a plugin has been activated.

Signature

It accepts the following parameter(s):
- $name (string) — Name of plugin, eg, 'Actions'.
It returns a bool value.

`isPluginLoaded()`

Returns true if plugin is loaded (in memory).

Signature

It accepts the following parameter(s):
- $name (string) — Name of plugin, eg, 'Acions'.
It returns a bool value.

`getPluginsDirectories()`

Returns the path to all plugins directories. Each plugins directory may contain several plugins.

All paths have a trailing slash '/'.

Signature

It returns a string[] value.

`getPluginDirectory()`

Gets the path to a specific plugin. If the plugin does not exist in any plugins folder, the default plugins folder will be assumed.

Signature

It accepts the following parameter(s):
- $pluginName
Returns: mixed|string —

`getThemeEnabled()`

Returns the currently enabled theme.

If no theme is enabled, the Morpheus plugin is returned (this is the base and default theme).

Signature

It returns a Plugin value.

`loadAllPluginsAndGetTheirInfo()`

Returns info regarding all plugins. Loads plugins that can be loaded.

Signature

Returns: array — An array that maps plugin names with arrays of plugin information. Plugin information consists of the following entries:

      - **activated**: Whether the plugin is activated.
      - **alwaysActivated**: Whether the plugin should always be activated,
                             or not.
      - **uninstallable**: Whether the plugin is uninstallable or not.
      - **invalid**: If the plugin is invalid, this property will be set to true.
                     If the plugin is not invalid, this property will not exist.
      - **info**: If the plugin was loaded, will hold the plugin information.
                  See [Plugin::getInformation()](/api-reference/Piwik/Plugin#getinformation).

`getInstalledPluginsName()`

Return names of all installed plugins.

Signature

It returns a array value.

`getMissingPlugins()`

Returns names of plugins that should be loaded, but cannot be since their files cannot be found.

Signature

It returns a array value.