Disable Plugins From Loading on Specific Pages – Multiple URLs

[netproject]

Hello everyone,

To disable WordPress plugins from loading on specific pages and posts, I'm using a MU-Plugin code suggested on a kinsta.com post (see GitHub below). This way the contact-form-7 plugin, for example, will only be loaded on the contact page.

Let's say, I want to use a contact form on 2 other pages and disable it on all other pages not using a contact form.

Being not a developer, I'm struggling with syntax and logic here when trying to add multiple URLs to the code below. I tried to add multiple URLs in two tests, which however resulted in syntax or parse errors.

Test 1:
$is_contact_page = strpos( $request_uri, '/contact/', 'contact2', '/contact3' );

Test 2:
$is_contact_page = strpos( $request_uri, '/contact/' );
$is_contact_page = strpos( $request_uri, '/contact2/' );
$is_contact_page = strpos( $request_uri, '/contact3/' );

My Question
Does someone know or can suggest a solution on how to add multiple URLs here? I would like to allow the contact form to be loaded on those defined pages, but disable it on all others.

Ps: I have tested and installed the Plugin Organizer plugin, but for some websites I'd prefer a programming solution without installing this plugin.

Code example from Kinsta.com

<?php
// returns the path of the request URI without the query string
// see http://php.net/manual/en/function.parse-url.php
// and http://php.net/manual/en/reserved.variables.server.php
// and http://php.net/manual/en/url.constants.php

$request_uri = parse_url( $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], PHP_URL_PATH );
 
$is_admin = strpos( $request_uri, '/wp-admin/' );

// add filter in front pages only
if( false === $is_admin ){
	add_filter( 'option_active_plugins', 'kinsta_option_active_plugins' );
}

/**
 * Filters active plugins
 *
 * @param array   $plugins An array of active plugins.
 */
function kinsta_option_active_plugins( $plugins ){
	global $request_uri;
	$is_contact_page = strpos( $request_uri, '/contact/' );

	$unnecessary_plugins = array();

	// conditions
	// if this is not contact page
	// deactivate plugins
	if( false === $is_contact_page ){
		$unnecessary_plugins[] = 'contact-form-7/wp-contact-form-7.php';
		$unnecessary_plugins[] = 'custom-post-type-ui/custom-post-type-ui.php';
		$unnecessary_plugins[] = 'query-monitor/query-monitor.php';
	}

	foreach ( $unnecessary_plugins as $plugin ) {
		$k = array_search( $plugin, $plugins );
		if( false !== $k ){
			unset( $plugins[$k] );
		}
	}

	return $plugins;
}

Resources
https://kinsta.com/blog/disable-wordpress-plugins/

Thanks a lot in advance,
Mark

[Brad Dalton]

Try using array

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[netproject]

Thanks Brad!

As said, I'm not a developer, so I tried to follow the W3Schools example, and how the array is being used for the multiple plugins within the code example above, but not sure.

Would the array for the URL sequence look like this?

function kinsta_option_active_plugins( $plugins ){
	global $request_uri;
$is_contact_page = array();
{
$is_contact_page = strpos( $request_uri, '/contact/' );
$is_contact_page = strpos( $request_uri, '/contact1/' );
$is_contact_page = strpos( $request_uri, '/contact2/' );
}
.
.
.

Thanks Mark

[netproject]

Just wondering, if anyone has got more ideas on this?

[Brad Dalton]

I don't think you need to do this because the code only executes on pages containing the shortcode.

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