Title: Plugin Activation Date
Author: Maor Chasen
Published: <strong>9 An t-Sultain 2012</strong>
Last modified: 19 An Dàmhair 2012

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This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**.
It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

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# Plugin Activation Date

 By [Maor Chasen](https://profiles.wordpress.org/maor/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/plugin-activation-date.zip)

 * [Details](https://gd.wordpress.org/plugins/plugin-activation-date/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://gd.wordpress.org/plugins/plugin-activation-date/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://gd.wordpress.org/plugins/plugin-activation-date/#installation)
 * [Development](https://gd.wordpress.org/plugins/plugin-activation-date/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/plugin-activation-date/)

## Description

Current features:

 * Adds a new column on the plugins dashboard screen that shows when each plugin
   was activated, only if PAD was installed before
 * Control whether you’d like to see a relative date or a “regular” date as set 
   under Settings > General

While by default the date & time settings are being used, you can always change 
the date format by filtering ‘pad_date_time_format’. For instance:

    ```
    <?php

    add_filter( 'pad_date_time_format', 'my_pad_date_time_format' );
    function my_pad_date_time_format( $date_format ) {
        return 'm-d-Y';
    }
    ```

Here’s some more info on [date & time formatting in WordPress](https://codex.wordpress.org/Formatting_Date_and_Time)

Feel free to post your feature requests, issues and pull requests to [Plugin Activation Date on GitHub](https://github.com/maor/plugin-activation-date).

## Screenshots

 * [[
 * The “Last Activated” column in the plugins dashboard screen

## Installation

 1. Download and extract PAD in your `wp-content/plugins` directory
 2. Activate the plugin through the Plugins menu in WordPress
 3. You’re all set!

## Reviews

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/92bd15bba95688a9bb9fbfbcf184f6ae0e0472159187a6271ddddd384153f326?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Only shows date for activations after this plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/doesnt-seem-to-work-anymore-16/)󠁿

 [2Flow2](https://profiles.wordpress.org/emite/) 16 An Dàmhair 2025

In October 2025 the plugin will only show you the “Last Activated” date for any 
plugins you activate AFTER this plugin is installed, but will not show you the date
that the plugins were installed if they were installed before this one.

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d455228fe4a12d2754c1663abe9d1df7fa699b18762bdebb98ddf39c4e90cc69?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[It will work forever!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/it-will-work-forever/)󠁿

 [brasofilo](https://profiles.wordpress.org/brasofilo/) 29 An t-Ògmhios 2021

Yes, I think so 🙂 The code is very simple, all contained in a single class. The
hooks are very basic and given WP backwards compatibility policy I don’t see this
plugin stop working any time soon and if you allow me the hyperbole, actually it’ll
never stop, lol Hail to the king! Great plugin!!

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/7bad8cde302384b7eea2c43b6a55103c1ba042028fc1a55bf6447ada2d630121?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Still works](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/still-works-184/)󠁿

 [Code Muffin](https://profiles.wordpress.org/code-muffin/) 14 An Lùnastal 2020

Essential plugin, still works 8 years after the last update

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/eea8e8b36980f791f34dc4ec92fbab8311a1010ec35e89bf63695f91785a4b6c?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Still working](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/still-working-58/)󠁿

 [Damiaan van Vliet](https://profiles.wordpress.org/damnsharp/) 8 An t-Samhain 2017

A nice simple plug-in and still working in 4.8.3! Shows a date when a plug-in was
activated, that’s all.

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/cb95d39bb24b031a5a03b42fbee68ffbd98469da9059008dfb4821514f944aca?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[So glad I found this plugin!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/so-glad-i-found-this-plugin-1/)󠁿

 [abooster](https://profiles.wordpress.org/abooster/) 3 An t-Sultain 2016

I’m so glad I found this plugin. I wish I had found and installed it much sooner.
Long story short: For anyone even considering installing more than a dozen plugins
this plugin here is absolutely essential! It makes it much easier to track down 
those pesky plugins that break something on your site without you immediately noticing.
I have about 50 plugins installed (even though I’m striving to have as few plugins
as humanly possible) and this activation date tracker is an absolute life saver!
Thank you so much for creating this tool! Most definitely 5 stars from me!

 [ Read all 10 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/plugin-activation-date/reviews/)

## Contributors & Developers

“Plugin Activation Date” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Maor Chasen ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/maor/)

[Translate “Plugin Activation Date” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/plugin-activation-date)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/plugin-activation-date/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/plugin-activation-date/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/plugin-activation-date/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/plugin-activation-date/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 1.1

 * Code optimization and documentation fixes

#### 1.0

 * Initial release

## Meta

 *  Version **1.1**
 *  Last updated **13 bliadhnaichean ago**
 *  Active installations **300+**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **3.4.2**
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## Ratings

 4.7 out of 5 stars.

 *  [  8 5-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/plugin-activation-date/reviews/?filter=5)
 *  [  1 4-star review     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/plugin-activation-date/reviews/?filter=4)
 *  [  1 3-star review     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/plugin-activation-date/reviews/?filter=3)
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## Contributors

 *   [ Maor Chasen ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/maor/)

## Support

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