wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-plugins-controller.php:529Deletes one plugin from the site.
$requestWP_REST_RequestWP_REST_Response|WP_Error public function delete_item( $request ) { require_once ABSPATH . 'wp-admin/includes/file.php'; require_once ABSPATH . 'wp-admin/includes/plugin.php'; $data = $this->get_plugin_data( $request['plugin'] ); if ( is_wp_error( $data ) ) { return $data; } if ( is_plugin_active( $request['plugin'] ) ) { return new WP_Error( 'rest_cannot_delete_active_plugin', __( 'Cannot delete an active plugin. Please deactivate it first.' ), array( 'status' => 400 ) ); } $filesystem_available = $this->is_filesystem_available(); if ( is_wp_error( $filesystem_available ) ) { return $filesystem_available; } $prepared = $this->prepare_item_for_response( $data, $request ); $deleted = delete_plugins( array( $request['plugin'] ) ); if ( is_wp_error( $deleted ) ) { $deleted->add_data( array( 'status' => 500 ) ); return $deleted; } return new WP_REST_Response( array( 'deleted' => true, 'previous' => $prepared->get_data(), ) ); }Introduced in 5.5.0. Unchanged from 6.7.7 through 7.1.0.
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