Announce a sub-plugin before its file is required - #90
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The load pass had no seam between its last gate and the require, so a host with work to do before the bundled file runs -- registering an autoloader for the namespace it ships, most often, since that file may reference its own classes at file scope -- had nowhere to put it. should_load is not that seam, though it looks like one. Conflict\Detector applies the same filter a priority earlier to decide whether a standalone copy is in the way, so a listener there also fires in the case where the bundled copy is about to be turned away. Fired directly rather than through announce(). A listener that throws on this side of the require should not be swallowed: load_all() catches it and abandons the sub-plugin, which leaves the host with no bundled copy rather than a half-ready one.
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Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to The new pre-load callback enables hosts to prepare before a bundled sub-plugin is required, but an exception in that callback may leave hook state active while later sub-plugins continue loading. The change is mergeable with explicit owner awareness or follow-up for this bounded runtime risk. Suggested reviewers: Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant Loader
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Loader->>LoadingListeners: Dispatch loading action with Sub_Plugin
LoadingListeners-->>Loader: Return or throw exception
Loader->>BundledPluginFile: Require file when dispatch succeeds
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In `@docs/actions.md`:
- Around line 79-83: Rewrite the lifecycle coverage paragraph in
docs/actions.md: state that loading is dispatched before require_once, so
bundled-file failures announce loading but not loaded or skipped; distinguish
failures in enabled, dependency_check, or should_load from post-require
failures, and retain the DEACTIVATE conflict case where no sub-plugin lifecycle
event is announced. Remove the incomplete “do not count on them to” wording.
In `@src/Loader.php`:
- Around line 184-192: Wrap the loading hook dispatch in Loader’s sub-plugin
loading flow so that if do_action_ref_array() throws, WordPress hook cleanup and
the wp_current_filter state are restored before load_all() catches the failure.
Add a regression test with a throwing loading listener that verifies
current_filter()/doing_action() are clean, then confirms a subsequent sub-plugin
loads normally.
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| // that the bundled file needs at its own file scope. `should_load` is not that point: | ||
| // `Conflict\Detector` applies the same filter a priority earlier, when a standalone copy is | ||
| // in the way and this one is about to be turned away. | ||
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| // Not through announce(): that swallows a listener's throw, which is wrong with the require | ||
| // still ahead. `load_all()` catches it and abandons the sub-plugin, which is accurate here. | ||
| do_action_ref_array( Config::get_hook_name( 'loading' ), [ $sub_plugin ] ); | ||
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The WordPress hook system, managed primarily via the WP_Hook class in wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php and wrapper functions in wp-includes/plugin.php, maintains the state of active hooks using the global array $wp_current_filter [1][2][3]. In WordPress 6.4 and beyond, the apply_filters and do_action methods within WP_Hook utilize a nesting_level and current_priority tracking mechanism to execute callbacks [4][5][6]. When a hook is triggered, the apply_filters function in plugin.php (which is called by both apply_filters() and do_action()) handles the lifecycle of $wp_current_filter [7][2][8]: 1. Before execution, the hook name is pushed onto the $wp_current_filter stack [1][7][9]. 2. WP_Hook::apply_filters() is invoked to process the callbacks [4][7][3]. 3. After the callbacks have finished execution, array_pop() is called to remove the hook name from the stack [1][7][9]. Regarding exception handling and "cleanup," the WordPress core hook system does not natively wrap callback execution in try-catch blocks for individual plugins, meaning fatal errors or uncaught exceptions during a hook's execution can interrupt this process [10][11]. If an exception occurs, the code may terminate before the corresponding array_pop() can run, potentially leaving the hook name in $wp_current_filter [1][10]. Furthermore, as of recent WordPress versions, it is documented that current_filter() and current_action() can return false if they are called when no hooks are active, such as during the early stages of the bootstrap process or within a custom exception handler [10]. Developers are advised that these functions return string|false, and relying on them inside global exception handlers requires verifying that a hook is actually currently active [10]. The internal use of _doing_it_wrong() and input validation has also been enhanced in recent versions to prevent fatal TypeErrors when invalid callables are passed to hooks [11].
Citations:
- 1: https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/plugin.php
- 2: https://github.com/wordpress/WordPress/blob/master/wp-includes/plugin.php
- 3: https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_hook/
- 4: https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php
- 5: https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/6.5/src/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php
- 6: https://juanma.codes/2025/02/10/hooks-in-wordpress-from-a-stack-trace/
- 7: https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/apply_filters/
- 8: https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/trunk/src/wp-includes/plugin.php
- 9: https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/apply_filters/?output_format=md
- 10: https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/63479
- 11: https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/51894
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Preserve WordPress hook state when a loading listener throws.
When a give/plugin_absorber/loading listener throws from do_action_ref_array(), WordPress 6.4 skips WP_Hook cleanup and the wp_current_filter pop. load_all() then catches the exception and continues with the next sub-plugin. Later callbacks can observe stale loading state through current_filter() or doing_action().
Ensure the loading dispatch restores WordPress hook state before load_all() handles the failure. Add a regression test that checks hook state after a throwing listener and then loads another sub-plugin.
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In `@src/Loader.php` around lines 184 - 192, Wrap the loading hook dispatch in
Loader’s sub-plugin loading flow so that if do_action_ref_array() throws,
WordPress hook cleanup and the wp_current_filter state are restored before
load_all() catches the failure. Add a regression test with a throwing loading
listener that verifies current_filter()/doing_action() are clean, then confirms
a subsequent sub-plugin loads normally.
A bundled file that throws as it is required has already announced loading, so the paragraph saying it announces neither was true only before this hook existed. The sentence had also been left unfinished.
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What: adds the
{prefix}/plugin_absorber/loadingaction, fired once every gate has passed and immediately beforerequire_once $file.Usage:
Why this way:
A host needs a seam before the require, and there was none. Work that has to be in place before the bundled file runs had nowhere to go — registering an autoloader for the namespace that file ships, most often, since the file may reference its own classes at its own file scope.
loadedis a require too late.should_loadlooks like that seam and is the wrong one.Conflict\Detector::is_in_conflict()applies the same filter a priority earlier to decide whether a standalone copy is in the way, so a listener there also fires when the bundled copy is about to be turned away — the case where preparing for it is exactly wrong.A throwing listener is not caught here, unlike the other two actions.
announce()swallows the throw, which its own docblock justifies by the sub-plugin being finished with either way; before a require that is false. This one falls toload_all(), whose report — "threw while loading, so it was abandoned" — is accurate on this side, and abandoning is the safer end: a host that could not prepare gets no bundled copy rather than a half-ready one.The concrete driver is LearnDash Core, absorbing two add-ons. Mapping their namespaces in the host's
composer.jsonis unconditional, so the mapping outlives a skip and an active standalone copy can be served the bundled classes. Registering from this hook makes it conditional on the copy actually loading.Summary by CodeRabbit
New Features
loadingaction that runs immediately before a bundled sub-plugin loads.loadinglisteners are reported and prevent that sub-plugin from loading.Documentation
loading,loaded, andskippedhooks, including timing, use cases, and exception behavior.