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Plugin Activation Date

Keep track of plugins you activate or deactivate through the dashboard by viewing when each and every one of them was enabled or disabled.

By Maor Chasen·Plugins·Free
4.7(10 reviews)
·300 active installs·Updated 13 years ago
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As of April 2026, Plugin Activation Date is a WordPress plugins plugin with 300 active installations and a 4.7/5 rating from 10 reviews. It has been downloaded 6.4K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2012. Last updated 13 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: WP Rollback – Rollback Plugins and….

4.7/510 reviews
300active installs
6.4K+total downloads
14 yearssince 2012

Overview

Current features:

  • Adds a new column on the plugins dashboard screen that shows when each plugin was activated, only if PAD was installed before
  • Control whether you’d like to see a relative date or a “regular” date as set under Settings > General

While by default the date & time settings are being used, you can always change the date format by filtering ‘pad_date_time_format’. For instance:

<?php

add_filter( 'pad_date_time_format', 'my_pad_date_time_format' );
function my_pad_date_time_format( $date_format ) {
    return 'm-d-Y';
}

Here’s some more info on date & time formatting in WordPress

Feel free to post your feature requests, issues and pull requests to Plugin Activation Date on GitHub.

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Ratings & Reviews

4.710 reviews
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Compatibility

WordPress3.0+ requiredTested up to 3.4.2
PHPfalse+ required

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

1.1

  • Code optimization and documentation fixes
View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

Maor ChasenMaor Chasen
Plugin Info
Version
1.1
Last Updated
Oct 19, 2012
WP Requires
3.0+
Tested Up To
3.4.2
PHP Requires
false+
Active Installs
300
Downloads
6.4K+
Added
Sep 9, 2012
Business
Free

Tags

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Developer

M
Maor Chasen
5 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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