Showing how many times is plugin activated or deactivated

Although you might have already managed to solve the problem you faced, here’s few thoughts.

You could use register_activation_hook(), register_deactivation_hook() and register_uninstall_hook() functions to trigger a wp_remote_post() call to your (custom) API endpoint to count the times when your plugin is activated, deactivated or deleted.

If the recieving site, where you keep track of the different counts, happens also to be a WordPress site, then you can find information about adding custom end point from the developers handbook, https://developer.wordpress.org/rest-api/extending-the-rest-api/adding-custom-endpoints/

As a note on privacy, you might also inform the plugin users that your plugin is doing something like this.

Related Posts:

  1. wp_remote_get() returns 403 while file_get_contents() does not
  2. Can’t access 3rd party API, code works on local server but not on wordpress
  3. Accessing Correct Database to Create REST API Endpoint
  4. What are the differences between WPINC and ABSPATH?
  5. Using require_once in a Plugin?
  6. Making plugin unique to not conflict with plugins with the same name
  7. How to find out if option exists but is empty?
  8. Errors while using ajax from external wordpress page
  9. shortcode doesn’t work
  10. Sanitizing, Validating and Escaping in WordPress (Plugin)
  11. Scope for PHP Variables Assigned in functions.php or a plugin
  12. Plugin Development sqlite or WordPress’ database
  13. WooCommerce get_price returning wrong price when used via ajax
  14. Open Post Thumbnail in New Child Theme File in WordPress
  15. Where should I save an API key of my user when installing my plugin?
  16. Add keywords meta to index.php page
  17. Custom form action to handle data inside a plugin
  18. Pulling data from custom plugin settings using PHP shortcode and Javascript
  19. WP Post Template – Templates in own folder
  20. wordpress plugin is not activating from widget
  21. Creating a custom post type, adding custom meta fields, preventing all future editability of posts of this type
  22. wp_get_post_terms is difference obj model than the one in rest api response
  23. How to fetch products with the price in a page on woocommerce using a form or live search with php
  24. Image upload and download from front-end
  25. Access WordPress data from external PHP application.
  26. Creating a Callback URL for WordPress Woocommerce to update Order Status
  27. What are the specifics of WordPress development I need to know? [closed]
  28. How to replace WordPress Media Upload Window with user’s device window?
  29. Conditional attributes and logic per product category
  30. how to do login using woocommerce rest api From android
  31. How to create a custom post type that contains another custom post type?
  32. Setup wp_schedule_event within a custom plugin
  33. Issue running db create table query from static method
  34. execute function after one completed
  35. How to make multiple admin pages for one plugin?
  36. Include a php file from another plugin
  37. WordPress REST API Plugin Development – Add Custom Endpoint
  38. Integrating boxtal PHP library into a custom WordPress Plugin
  39. Save user total active time after login in wordpress [closed]
  40. Switch from wp-cron to a server cron job
  41. Why is it important to check for isset and is_array before checking in_array in this example?
  42. How to add/change (woocommerce) product tab icon
  43. Comment “like” problem – “users who like this” avatar linking to current user profile instead of “liker’s” profile
  44. I want to generate the pdf and save it in library?
  45. Calling a save function from a “submit” button
  46. Wp Debug Enabled True Notices and Warning
  47. How to call external functions from a PHP script in a WordPress plugin?
  48. How to write to a separate PHP file in plugin settings
  49. Create “new pages” within the admin section of plugin
  50. More gentle way to hook WordPress custom url
  51. How to display results from a data table with an encrypted user id?
  52. How to add custom function to pluggable.php
  53. How to displaying Custom image, text and default image logo from Redux Framework option panel
  54. Seperate plugin and theme files
  55. How to Call Specific .PHP file on add_submenu_page selection in Plugin Development?
  56. How to Add text value in Automatically in this conditions?
  57. Checkbox show / hide output result
  58. wc_get_template_part doesnt display the content [duplicate]
  59. save_post_product action not firing
  60. How to get the custom field value using SQL query
  61. Unexpected add action function in WP plugin
  62. admin_notices show after load completed
  63. Prevent WordPress from sending set-cookie http header
  64. How use wp_insert_post and add og:custom tags?
  65. Is there any way to sync Facebook Comments and with comments on WordPress website?
  66. Hide content for specific users with id
  67. adding dynamic/multiple slug values in ‘option_none_value’
  68. WordPress rewrite rule depend on meta values not ids
  69. How to change “Read More” text?
  70. How can I see $post object in frontend from functions.php?
  71. Move plugin pages from dashboard to front-end
  72. is it possible to fetch data from a remote api while admin is writing a new post?
  73. Problem with wordpress has_action() function
  74. Offering a freemium plugin (a free version + paid version)
  75. Using id to show item
  76. 500 Internal server error wp_handle_upload_prefilter
  77. How much PHP and MySQL or MariaDB knowledge should I know to start writing WordPress themes and plug-ins and whatever else a beginner can edit?
  78. Generate and send ICS file through WordPress
  79. Is admin section completely customizable in terms of styling?
  80. WordPress Admin sub-level menu issue
  81. Change pricing in Woocommerce based on Category and Product [closed]
  82. Passing ajax variable to more than one wordpress plugin function
  83. WordPress environment not loading properly
  84. WordPress not displaying information on post sent from custom admin form
  85. Displaying friend’s posts only
  86. Creating a user ‘add custom field’ section
  87. Autoloading a PHP class – working outside, but not inside WordPress plugin
  88. Saving an array to get_options
  89. Doing action based on input from options menu
  90. Help me with my first very basic plugin
  91. How use Dynamic hyperlink on each wordpress post?
  92. My wordpress website admin panel loads very slow, what can i do about that? [closed]
  93. How to create post comparison in wordpress
  94. What can I do to customize a widget provided with this plugin? from where have I to start?
  95. How to add custom html to the Media > Attachment Details modal?
  96. Displaying Category Feature image on loop
  97. Is it possible to create post in wordpress using postman?
  98. How to override plugin function in code snippets WordPress
  99. How to create a “Most Popular” & “Latest” TAB in WordPress
  100. Use inline callable for hooks and filters