[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #48398: WordPress UPLOAD+ACTIVATE fails if more than one plugin in plugin's folder

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#48398: WordPress UPLOAD+ACTIVATE fails if more than one plugin in plugin's folder
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 Reporter:  KestutisIT    |      Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect (bug)  |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Plugins       |    Version:  5.2.3
 Severity:  major         |   Keywords:
  Focuses:                |
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 So,
 As I developed a plugin that support multiple extensions, I have in plugin
 folder two files, i.e.

 /GreatPlugin/ExtensionA.php (with "Plugin Name: Extension A" in header)
 /GreatPlugin/ExtensionB.php (with "Plugin Name: Extension B" in header)

 So if I upload plugin manually, I activate the one I want.
 But if I upload via "Upload ZIP" and after extraction I see "activate"
 button, it somewhy without any clear reason activates the first one.

 In the correct scenario, it should:
 1. Either show me a list on that POST-UPLOAD-AND-EXTRACT screen which
 exact plugin to activate.
 2. Or it would have to activate ALL plugins in the plugin folder.

 NOTE (if someone has a question why the hell you may ever need to have two
 plugin activations in same plugin folder), the answer is:
 1. No code duplication (same /<PLUGIN_FOLDER>/Models/,
 /<PLUGIN_FOLDER>/Controllers/ and /<PLUGIN_FOLDER>/Views/ content, only
 the /UI/ folder content is different per extension).
 2. WordPress does allows me to do that - and there is no logical
 restriction why it should not allow to do that - as in MVC & Libraries
 world the 'extensions' are very common solution to not to have so-called
 'dependency hell' - different library version in different plugin folder,
 while it is actually same plugin just with different extensions).

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/48398>
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