[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #27994: Erroneous plugin deactivation should be a manual action

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#27994: Erroneous plugin deactivation should be a manual action
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 Reporter:  johnbillion                |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement                |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                     |   Milestone:
Component:  Plugins                    |     Version:  2.5
 Severity:  normal                     |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  needs-patch bulk-reopened  |     Focuses:  administration
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Comment (by oglekler):

 Right now I got a project for optimization and found out that I cannot
 enter the admin due to a fatal error. Luckily, the frontend is working. I
 got the project database and launched the site locally. But the code in
 the repository has no plugins, and as a result, I got several messages
 that plugins were deactivated and all this information was removed from
 the database. I will get the full project backup from the system
 administrator, but this situation is very inconvenient when you had a
 plugin, and it was accidentally deleted from the filesystem, for example,
 and now you have no idea what it was if you didn't save the error message.
 In my case, I have the database and will get the backup, but all this
 automatic removal is very inconvenient.

 I also think that WP should store the version of the plugin that was
 installed, and in case that plugin is missing, offer to reinstall the same
 version. Possibly this should be another ticket for this enhansment.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/27994#comment:12>
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