[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #23197: wp-activate.php, without explanation, does not load site plugins

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#23197: wp-activate.php, without explanation, does not load site plugins
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 Reporter:  radiok                     |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect (bug)               |      Status:  reopened
 Priority:  normal                     |   Milestone:  Future Release
Component:  Login and Registration     |     Version:  3.0
 Severity:  normal                     |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  needs-testing needs-patch  |     Focuses:  multisite
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Comment (by jerclarke):

 Ok, following up for myself and anyone else with the same issue, this was
 enough to silence errors on non-multisite installs where we basically use
 it to reliably disable `wp-activate.php` before the theme is loaded,
 rather than after.

 Added at the top of the theme's `/functions.php`:

 {{{
 if ( !is_multisite() AND isset($_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"]) AND
 str_contains($_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"], 'wp-activate.php') ) {
         http_response_code(403);
         die();
 }
 }}}

 I made it a 403 because in this scenario there's no reason for anyone to
 visit that URL.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/23197#comment:26>
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