What’s the Best Function to Hook remove_cap To?

I found this page in the documentation, but the deactivation hook isn’t being fired, when I deactivate the plugin. The permissions aren’t being restored.

Here’s all related codes:

register_activation_hook( GUIDE_POSTS__PLUGIN_DIR . 'class.guides.php', array( 'Guides', 'activate_plugin' ) );
register_deactivation_hook( GUIDE_POSTS__PLUGIN_DIR . 'class.guides.php', array( 'Guides', 'deactivate_plugin' ) );

  public static function activate_plugin() {
    self::register_guides_and_grant_permissions();
  }

  public static function deactivate_plugin() {
    // Unregister Guides
    unregister_post_type( 'guides' );
    flush_rewrite_rules;

    // Grant role permissions
    $editor = get_role( 'editor' );
    $editor->remove_cap( 'manage_categories' );

    $contributor = get_role( 'contributor' );
    $contributor->remove_cap( 'upload_files' );
  }

  public static function register_guides_and_grant_permissions() {
    $labels = array(
      'name' => 'Guides',
      'singular_name' => 'Guide',
      'menu_name' => 'Guides',
    );

    $args = array(
      'labels' => $labels,
      'public' => true,
      'has_archive' => true,
      'publicly_queryable' => true,
      'query_var' => true,
      'rewrite' => array( 'slug' => 'guide' ),
      'capability_type' => 'post',
      'hierarchical' => false,
      'supports' => array( 'title', 'editor', 'thumbnail' ),
      'taxonomies' => array( 'category' ),
      'menu_icon' => 'dashicons-location',
      'show_in_rest' => true,
    );

    // Register the custom post type
    register_post_type( 'guide', $args );

    // Grant role permissions
    $editor = get_role( 'editor' );
    $editor->add_cap( 'manage_categories' );

    $contributor = get_role( 'contributor' );
    $contributor->add_cap( 'upload_files' );
  }

ChatGPT solved it! I should’ve been using __FILE__ instead of pointing the hooks to the class’s file. I didn’t know require_once() appends the file’s content into the plugin’s main file.

• This reply was modified 8 minutes ago by Samuel. Reason: Correct typographical error