Deactivate link is active for plugins required by others when searching

[hbhalodia]

• Update the wp_ajax_search_plugins action function to initialize the WP_Plugin_Dependencies class to correctly identiy the plugin dependency when plugin search.

Trac ticket: https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/64288

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[westonruter]

This fixes the issue for me!

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[westonruter]

The WP_Plugin_Dependencies::initialize() method is otherwise currently being called on:

• src/wp-admin/plugins.php
• src/wp-admin/plugin-install.php
• The validate_plugin_requirements() function
• The WP_Plugin_Dependencies::check_plugin_dependencies_during_ajax() method.

This last one indicates that it “Checks plugin dependencies after a plugin is installed via AJAX.” This is registered here:

wordpress-develop/src/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php

Lines 173 to 174 in a107147

	// Register Plugin Dependencies Ajax calls.
	add_action( 'wp_ajax_check_plugin_dependencies', array( 'WP_Plugin_Dependencies', 'check_plugin_dependencies_during_ajax' ) );

Question: Would it not make sense to hook in similarly for the search-plugins ajax action? I suppose ultimately the same effect is done since WP_Plugin_Dependencies::initialize() is added to wp_ajax_search_plugins(). The check_plugin_dependencies ajax action was added separately for plugin dependencies, whereas wp_ajax_search_plugins() already existed, to which WP_Plugin_Dependencies::initialize() can be added in the same way it was added top-level to the plugins.php and plugin-install.php admin screens.

[hbhalodia]

Hi @westonruter, Thanks for reviewing the PR.

Yes, I agree that this should get initialized in the Ajax context, as it already being done for,

wordpress-develop/src/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php

Lines 173 to 174 in a107147

	// Register Plugin Dependencies Ajax calls.
	add_action( 'wp_ajax_check_plugin_dependencies', array( 'WP_Plugin_Dependencies', 'check_plugin_dependencies_during_ajax' ) );

Ultimately for search-plugins Ajax, this should get initialized and correctly identify the plugin dependency.