wp-includes/class-wp-plugin-dependencies.php:161Determines whether the plugin has active dependents.
$plugin_filestringbool public static function has_active_dependents( $plugin_file ) { require_once ABSPATH . '/wp-admin/includes/plugin.php'; $dependents = self::get_dependents( self::convert_to_slug( $plugin_file ) ); foreach ( $dependents as $dependent ) { if ( is_plugin_active( $dependent ) ) { return true; } } return false; }Introduced in 6.5.0. Unchanged from 6.7.7 through 7.1.0.
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src/wp-includes/class-wp-plugin-dependencies.php, and regenerated for each WordPress release so it tracks the code rather than a snapshot of it.