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PHP Hoisted My Function, and My Plugin Silently Did Nothing

September 23, 2026 by jennpardee

I was assembling a new plugin — six classes, a loader, the usual structure. It installed. It activated. No errors, no warnings, nothing in the log. It also did absolutely nothing. No admin menu, no hooks registered, no classes defined. As far as WordPress was concerned the plugin was active and healthy. As far as … Read more

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