[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #30550: Add plugin dependency support

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#30550: Add plugin dependency support
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 Reporter:  section214      |      Owner:
     Type:  enhancement     |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal          |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Plugins         |    Version:
 Severity:  normal          |   Keywords:
  Focuses:  administration  |
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 With more and more large-scale projects being released, we're seeing a
 rise in plugin dependencies across the board. Historically, it has been
 the unspoken rule that plugins should fail gracefully if a dependent
 plugin isn't active. This has resulted in numerous ways devs are
 attempting to detect the existence of other plugins and handle their
 absence, many of which cause as many problems as the resolve. This is far
 from ideal.

 At this point, I think that WordPress itself needs to facilitate
 dependency management between plugins, if not between themes and plugins.
 I've been prototyping an implementation which relies on the addition of a
 Dependencies: line to the standard theme/plugin headers in order to keep
 in line with WordPress standards.

 As of now, it's just a hodgepodge of functions I've thrown into a simple
 plugin which works... but it's far from perfect. If the community as a
 whole agrees that this is in the best interests of furthering WordPress
 development, I'd like to put more serious work into developing a
 dependency platform that, at a later date, could be integrated into core.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/30550>
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