WPTRICK: How to check plugins are active in wordpress

When you are customizing your template or theme and using plugin for the same but don't know which plugin is active or not.

It can be really useful to be able to know if a specific plugin is activated.

It is very important to know about plugin in WordPress because broken plugins can hamper your blog badly.

Here is a simple way to check whether a plugin is activated or not. Just paste the code below in your theme file, wherever you'd like to check out if a plugin is activated or not.
Update the code with the plugin directory and name on line 4.

Following php code need to update in your template 

   include_once( ABSPATH . 'wp-admin/includes/plugin.php' );
   if(is_plugin_active('plugin-directory/plugin-file.php')) {
      //plugin is activated
   }
?>

Thanks to wpmayor for this awesome tip. Pl consider it sharing with friends if you liked the trick.

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