Title: wp-activate.php, WP_INSTALLNG and plugins
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# wp-activate.php, WP_INSTALLNG and plugins

 *  [synacksa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/synacksa/)
 * (@synacksa)
 * [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-activatephp-wp_installng-and-plugins/)
 * Hi all
 * I’ve just run into a problem that I’m hoping can be resolved.
 * I’ve setup a site running WP and installed quite a few plugins, some of which
   are needed for the site headers. Now the problem I ran into in when a user is
   added to the blog as an author or similar role. That new user is then sent an
   email asking them to confirm if they want to accept.
 * In the email is a link to [http://mysite.com/wp-activate?key=352524](http://mysite.com/wp-activate?key=352524)
 * However, when the page loads, I get an error moaning about a missing function.
   This function is declared in a plugin which is usually loaded during the running
   of wp-settings.php.
 * But in the first line of wp-activate.php, WP_INSTALLING is set. With this varible
   set, the wp-settings.php file does not go through the wp-content/plugins and 
   load all the plugins listed there. Which is where my problem lies.
 * Simply commenting out define( “WP_INSTALLING”, true ); in wp-activate.php fixes
   my problem. However, I’m assuming that line of code is there for a reason. What
   are the consequnces of me commenting out that line in wp-activate and should 
   it even be declared if the site is actually already installed?
 * IE change it to:
    if (!is_blog_installed()) define( “WP_INSTALLING”, true ); 
   and moved to somewhere later in the code, where is_blog_installed() will run.
 * Any help?
 * Syn

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 *  Thread Starter [synacksa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/synacksa/)
 * (@synacksa)
 * [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-activatephp-wp_installng-and-plugins/#post-1244569)
 * Bump

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 * Last reply from: [synacksa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/synacksa/)
 * Last activity: [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-activatephp-wp_installng-and-plugins/#post-1244569)
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