Child theme plugins

  • How do I get a child theme to reference its plugins and not the plugins of the parent theme?

    Looking in my FTP client’s directory structure, I have the default parent theme’s plugin folder and then i have my child theme’s plugin folder with specific plugins I was running prior to the upgrade.

    Should I move the plugins out of the folder of the child theme into the plugin folder of the parent theme? Or what am I doing wrong?

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  • Why are you trying to run Plugins from within a Theme folder – either parent or child Theme?

    Plugins belong in \wp-content\plugins, not inside of Theme folders.

    Thread Starter ssguy69

    (@ssguy69)

    @chip

    You’re correct but the confusion comes from the following:

    I was running certain plugins for my twentyten theme (WP 3.1) prior to upgrading (WP 3.3) and so to make sure I didn’t lose them, I went into my FTP client and placed the previous plugin folder inside the theme folder of my child theme.

    Problem is that with the upgrade comes a new plugin folder. I’m trying to go the child theme route and figured it’d be best to save my plugins that were being used prior to the upgrade. So I have two plugin folders (one for parent theme and one for child theme) and not sure where to place the plugins of the child theme.

    I was running certain plugins for my twentyten theme (WP 3.1) prior to upgrading (WP 3.3) and so to make sure I didn’t lose them, I went into my FTP client and placed the previous plugin folder inside the theme folder of my child theme.

    Why did you do this? It is entirely unnecessary, pointless, and counter-intuitive. Upgrading WordPress does not even touch \wp-content, ever. Just leave the Plugins where they are, and they’ll remain there, safely, before, during, and after your WordPress core update.

    Problem is that with the upgrade comes a new plugin folder.

    Right. WordPress relies on those being where they are. (You can change the location for Plugins, Themes, and/or wp-content, but that’s outside the scope of this question.

    I’m trying to go the child theme route and figured it’d be best to save my plugins that were being used prior to the upgrade.

    The purpose of a Child Theme is to preserve modifications to your Theme, and has nothing to do with Plugins. Twenty Ten doesn’t run Plugins from within its own Theme folder, and I’m assuming that your Child Theme doesn’t, either (again: advanced topic that is outside of this question).

    So I have two plugin folders (one for parent theme and one for child theme) and not sure where to place the plugins of the child theme.

    Put them back in \wp-content\plugins. To repeat what I said before: Plugins belong in \wp-content\plugins, not inside of Theme folders.

    Thread Starter ssguy69

    (@ssguy69)

    @chip

    Thanks for the tough love. I’m going back into the files and will be applying what you’ve said.

    Stay tuned and thank you.

    Gary

    Ha! Not trying for “tough love”; though I’m probably tired enough that I came across as impatient. ??

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