I have to activate plugins each time I restart

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What issue or error are you experiencing?

On some sites I have to reactivate plugins each time I restart the site. Almost all the sites I work with locally have the same theme and plugins. I don’t see any specific difference between the sites that have this problem and the sites that don’t.
I googled. I checked the log. But I can not figure out why this is happening.

What steps can be taken to replicate the issue? Feel free to include screenshots, videos, etc

System Details

  • Local Version:
    I have the latest but hade this problem on and off for about a year now.

  • Operating System (OS) and OS version:
    Mac - Ventura (but the same with earlier versions

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It’s hard to say why exactly this would be happening. I think that in general, Plugins don’t deactivate because of PHP fatal errors.

That being said, I think WordPress will deactivate a plugin if it generates a fatal error during the plugin registration.

I bring that up because it’s possible that the plugins in question might be doing something within a function that is attached to the wrong hook.

A couple of things you might try investigating:

  • Is there anything in the site’s PHP error log. This log is different than Local’s log, and can be found at ~/Local Sites/<sitename>/logs/php/error.log You might need to enable WP_DEBUG in order to see anything: Debug WordPress
  • On what version of PHP does this happen? Do you get different behavior on newer or older versions of PHP?
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Thanks.
I always have debug on locally. And I have not seen anything suspiciously there :blush:
Will check your other suggestions and get back with an answer soon.

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