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Plugin installation "behind the scene" ? | Forum

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Carsten
Carsten Dec 1 '16
Hi

How does the plugin installation work in Oxwall, what goes on "behind" the code ?

When a plugin is uploaded, it sits under the available section. What happens when the plugin then is installed, what goes on in the code, on the disc and in the database, what gets written when and where, what's the process ?

All the best
Carsten
dave Leader
dave Dec 1 '16
Hi Carsten, 


Check out the install.php file and the activate.php file in the plugin files.  The init.php in the plugin files also gets executed when you run the plugin.


Other than those instructions (if any) oxwall automatically assigns the plugin a row in the plugin table with the basic information on the plugin. 

Carsten
Carsten Dec 2 '16
Thank you Dave :)

I'll have a look at the mentioned files.
dave Leader
dave Dec 2 '16
Hi Jenny, 


please make a new post, and delete this one.  Your question is different and we need to handle that seperately in a new post.   Thanks 

ross Team
ross Dec 5 '16
Dave +1
Quote from dave Hi Carsten, 


Check out the install.php file and the activate.php file in the plugin files.  The init.php in the plugin files also gets executed when you run the plugin.


Other than those instructions (if any) oxwall automatically assigns the plugin a row in the plugin table with the basic information on the plugin. 


Jim
Jim Jan 9 '17
Hello all.

I manage to upload any plugin from the plugin store as presented by Oxwall, but the uploaded plugins fail to be active.

I can see them in the file section of my control panel, but they only sit there.

How do I switch them on?

Br

dave Leader
dave Jan 10 '17
you need to check the available plugins section and the installed plugins section of the  admin->plugins section and activate them there. 


Please make a new post when the issue is not related, thanks so much :)