Title: Activate plugin using external file
Last modified: November 30, 2017

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# Activate plugin using external file

 *  [mnich209](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mnich209/)
 * (@mnich209)
 * [8 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/activate-plugin-using-external-file/)
 * Hi,
 * I want to activate Litespseed cache plugin – [https://pl.wordpress.org/plugins/litespeed-cache/](https://pl.wordpress.org/plugins/litespeed-cache/)–
   using external file. In codex i see function activate_plugin(). I included wp-
   admin/includes/plugins.php where the function is.
 * After that error display that function plugin_basename() is undefined, i included
   file with this function. After that error display another function etc.
 * Finally, after add 4 files to include the plugin has been activated but doesnt
   add rules to .htaccess (when you activate this plugin by wp-admin control panel
   he will add rules automaticly).
 * Do you know how to resolve this problem? In my opinion the best way is include
   all admin functions, but i don’t see any tutorial?
 * Regards, Michal

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 *  [Jacob Peattie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jakept/)
 * (@jakept)
 * [8 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/activate-plugin-using-external-file/#post-9737116)
 * Does it have to be an external file? If you’re just trying to activate plugins
   remotely, you might want to look into [WP-CLI](http://wp-cli.org).
 *  Thread Starter [mnich209](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mnich209/)
 * (@mnich209)
 * [8 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/activate-plugin-using-external-file/#post-9738375)
 * Hi,
 * No this rules are added to actual .htaccess file. Do you know any other solution
   than wp-cli ?

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 * Last reply from: [mnich209](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mnich209/)
 * Last activity: [8 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/activate-plugin-using-external-file/#post-9738375)
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