* Helper functions to perform various plugins and addons related actions.
use WPForms\Requirements\Requirements;
* Check if addon met requirements.
* @param array $requirements Addon requirements.
function wpforms_requirements( array $requirements ): bool {
return Requirements::get_instance()->validate( $requirements );
* Determine if an addon is active and passed all requirements.
* @param string $addon_slug Addon slug without `wpforms-` prefix.
function wpforms_is_addon_initialized( string $addon_slug ): bool {
$basename = sprintf( 'wpforms-%1$s/wpforms-%1$s.php', $addon_slug );
$active_plugins = (array) get_option( 'active_plugins', [] );
if ( in_array( $basename, $active_plugins, true ) ) {
return Requirements::get_instance()->is_validated( $basename );
* Check addon requirements and activate addon or plugin.
* @since 1.9.2 Keep addons active even if they don't meet requirements.
* @param string $plugin Path to the plugin file relative to the plugins' directory.
* @return null|WP_Error Null on success, WP_Error on invalid file.
function wpforms_activate_plugin( string $plugin ) {
$activate = activate_plugin( $plugin );
if ( is_wp_error( $activate ) ) {
$requirements = Requirements::get_instance();
if ( $requirements->is_validated( $plugin ) ) {
return new WP_Error( 'wpforms_addon_incompatible', $requirements->get_notice( $plugin ) );
* Compares two "PHP-standardized" version number strings.
* Removes any "-RCn", "-beta" from version numbers first.
* @param string $version1 Version number.
* @param string $version2 Version number.
* @param string $operator Comparison operator.
function wpforms_version_compare( $version1, $version2, $operator ): bool {
// If the version is not a string, return false.
if ( ! is_string( $version1 ) || ! is_string( $version2 ) ) {
// Strip dash and anything after it.
$clean_version_number = function ( $version ) {
return preg_replace( '/-.+/', '', $version );
$clean_version_number( $version1 ),
$clean_version_number( $version2 ),