Auto-activate WordPress Plugins

functions.php

<?php

// Add to: path/to/wp-content/wp-themes/your-theme/functions.php

/**
 * Activate required plugins
 */

include_once ( ABSPATH . 'wp-admin/includes/plugin.php' );

foreach (array(
    'plugin-name',
) as $plugin) {
    $path = sprintf('%s/%s.php', $plugin, $plugin);

    if (!is_plugin_active( $path )) {
        activate_plugin( $path );

        add_action( 'admin_notices', function() use ($plugin) {
            echo '<div class="updated"><p>' . sprintf('<strong>%s</strong> plugin is required & auto-enabled by the current theme.', $plugin) . '</p></div>';
        } );
    }
}

You don't need to check for is_plugin_active() because activate_plugin() does it itself.

A plugin that is already activated will not attempt to be activated again.

And here is my other suggestion

$result = activate_plugin( $path );

if ( !is_wp_error( $result ) ) {
    add_action( 'admin_notices', function() use ($plugin) {
        echo '<div class="notice notice-success"><p>' . sprintf('<strong>%s</strong> plugin is required & auto-enabled by the current theme.', $plugin) . '</p></div>';
    } );
} else {
    add_action( 'admin_notices', function() use ($plugin) {
        echo '<div class="notice notice-error"><p>' . sprintf('<strong>%s</strong> plugin can\'t be auto-enabled by the current theme.', $plugin) . '</p></div>';
    } );
}

thanks for the feature.

Can we auto activate WP Clone by WP academy plugin. I want this while installing the WP.

Thanks
Shiva