Comments on: WordPress Activate Theme Action

By: Naveen

Naveen — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 11:30:45 +0000

Can you show us some example?

By: Lloyd

Lloyd — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 22:54:24 +0000

As DD32 suggests above, the problem with switch_themes is that it only fires on theme deactivate, not activate.

By: Lloyd

Lloyd — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 20:29:24 +0000

Thanks JJJ. No need currently. I’ll keep my eyes open for this style.

By: Donncha O Caoimh

Donncha O Caoimh — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 17:26:27 +0000

What about the switch_themes action? There’s no action when widgets are updated either and I’m thinking of checking for the update POSTs to the widgets page for wp-super-cache.

By: Dion Hulse

Dion Hulse — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 08:00:59 +0000

You can also get a deactivation hook by catching the user switching the theme, For example, i used this in some code a long time ago:

add_action('switch_theme', 'theme_deactivate'); function theme_deactivate(){ delete_option('my_options_that_dont_matter'); }

By: John James Jacoby

John James Jacoby — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 07:23:29 +0000

BuddyPress is a great example of something similar to this. If you needed me to I could whip up a more simple example for you quick.