wp-includes/class-wp-plugin-dependencies.php:542Gets data for installed plugins.
array protected static function get_plugins() { if ( is_array( self::$plugins ) ) { return self::$plugins; } require_once ABSPATH . '/wp-admin/includes/plugin.php'; self::$plugins = get_plugins(); return self::$plugins; }Introduced in 6.5.0. Unchanged from 6.7.7 through 7.1.0.
Signature, return type and hooks compared across 5 parsed releases.
src/wp-includes/class-wp-plugin-dependencies.php, and regenerated for each WordPress release so it tracks the code rather than a snapshot of it.