Plugin Activation Date
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
Feel free to post your feature requests, issues and pull requests to Plugin Activation Date on GitHub.
Installation
- Download and extract PAD in your
wp-content/pluginsdirectory - Activate the plugin through the Plugins menu in WordPress
- You’re all set!
Reviews
Only shows date for activations after this plugin
By 2Flow2 (emite) on October 16, 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.
It will work forever!
By brasofilo on June 29, 2021
Still works
By Code Muffin on August 14, 2020
Still working
By Damiaan van Vliet (damnsharp) on November 8, 2017
So glad I found this plugin!
By abooster on September 3, 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!
Changelog
1.1
- Code optimization and documentation fixes
1.0
- Initial release
