plugin_row_meta │ filter-hook │ WP 2.8.0

Allows you to change the metadata (link, version, and so on) displayed for each plugin in the Plugins table.

Example metadata (version, author, details) for the Query Monitor plugin:

Usage

add_filter( 'plugin_row_meta', 'wp_kama_plugin_row_meta_filter', 10, 4 );

/**
 * Function for `plugin_row_meta` filter-hook.
 * 
 * @param string[] $plugin_meta An array of the plugin's metadata, including the version, author,
 *                              author URI, and plugin URI.
 * @param string   $plugin_file Path to the plugin file relative to the plugins directory.
 * @param array    $plugin_data An array of plugin data.
 * @param string   $status      Status filter currently applied to the plugin list. Possible values
 *                              are: 'all', 'active', 'inactive', 'recently_activated', 'upgrade',
 *                              'mustuse', 'dropins', 'search', 'paused', 'auto-update-enabled',
 *                              'auto-update-disabled'.
 *
 * @return string[]
 */
function wp_kama_plugin_row_meta_filter( $plugin_meta, $plugin_file, $plugin_data, $status ){
	// filter...
	return $plugin_meta;
}

$plugin_meta(array)

Elements displayed in the plugin data (the table row below the plugin description). This is normally where a custom element is added. For example:

Array (
	[0] => Version 3.5.2
	[1] => By <a href="https://querymonitor.com/">John Blackbourn</a>
	[2] => <a href="https://example.com/wp-admin/plugin-install.php?tab=plugin-information&plugin=query-monitor&TB_iframe=true&width=600&height=550" class="thickbox open-plugin-details-modal" aria-label="More information about Query Monitor" data-title="Query Monitor">View details</a>
)

$plugin_file(string)

Path to the plugin file relative to the plugins directory. For example: query-monitor/query-monitor.php.

$plugin_data(array)

Plugin data. For example:

Array (
	[id] => w.org/plugins/query-monitor
	[slug] => query-monitor
	[plugin] => query-monitor/query-monitor.php
	[new_version] => 3.5.2
	[url] => https://wordpress.org/plugins/query-monitor/
	[package] => https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/query-monitor.3.5.2.zip
	[icons] => Array
		(
			[2x] => https://ps.w.org/query-monitor/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=2056073
			[1x] => https://ps.w.org/query-monitor/assets/icon.svg?rev=2056073
			[svg] => https://ps.w.org/query-monitor/assets/icon.svg?rev=2056073
		)

	[banners] => Array
		(
			[2x] => https://ps.w.org/query-monitor/assets/banner-1544x500.png?rev=1629576
			[1x] => https://ps.w.org/query-monitor/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=1731469
		)

	[banners_rtl] => Array
		(
		)

	[Name] => Query Monitor
	[PluginURI] => https://querymonitor.com/
	[Version] => 3.5.2
	[Description] => The developer tools panel for WordPress.
	[Author] => John Blackbourn
	[AuthorURI] => https://querymonitor.com/
	[TextDomain] => query-monitor
	[DomainPath] => /languages/
	[Network] =>
	[RequiresWP] =>
	[RequiresPHP] => 5.3.6
	[Title] => Query Monitor
	[AuthorName] => John Blackbourn
)

$status(string)

Current tab in the Plugins list. Possible values:

• all
• active
• inactive
• recently_activated
• upgrade
• mustuse
• dropinss
• search

Default: 'all'

Examples

#1 Add a donation page link to the plugin data

Code from the Featured Image Generator plugin:

add_filter( 'plugin_row_meta', 'fig_add_plugin_row_meta', 10, 2);

function fig_add_plugin_row_meta($meta, $file) {
	if ($file == plugin_basename( __FILE__ )) {
		$meta[] = '<a href="https://www.paypal.me/watcharapon/0usd" target="_blank">Donate</a>';
	}

	return $meta;
}