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Is there a standard/recommended way to abort your plugin's activation if its minimum requirements haven't been met? &nbsp;There doesn't seem to be any obvious way to return from the activation hook with a &quot;don't activate&quot; flag.<br />
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Is there a standard/recommended way to abort your plugin's activation if its minimum requirements haven't been met?  There doesn't seem to be any obvious way to return from the activation hook with a "don't activate" flag.



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