WordPress File wp-admin/includes/plugin.php

get_plugins()

Checks the plugins directory and retrieve all plugin files with plugin data.

is_network_only_plugin()

Checks for “Network: true” in the plugin header to see if this should be activated only as a network wide plugin. The plugin…

is_plugin_paused()

Determines whether a plugin is technically active but was paused while loading.

menu_page_url()

Gets the URL to access a particular menu page based on the slug it was registered with.

option_update_filter()

Refreshes the value of the allowed options list available via the ‘allowed_options’ hook.