remove link plugin if frontend link is used

djangocms_frontend/apps.py

@@ -9,31 +9,29 @@ class DjangocmsFrontendConfig(apps.AppConfig):
     def ready(self):
         from . import plugin_tag
 
+        plugin_tag.setup()
         checks.register(check_settings)
         checks.register(check_installed_apps)
-        plugin_tag.setup()
 
 
-def check_settings(*args, **kwargs):
+def check_settings(*args, **kwargs):  # pragma: no cover
     from django.conf import settings
 
     warnings = []
 
-    if hasattr(settings, "DJANGOCMS_FRONTEND_MINIMUM_INPUT_LENGTH"):  # pragma: no cover
+    if hasattr(settings, "DJANGOCMS_FRONTEND_MINIMUM_INPUT_LENGTH"):
         warnings.append(
             checks.Warning(
-                "The DJANGOCMS_FRONTEND_MINIMUM_INPUT_LENGTH setting was removed in djangocms-frontend 2.\n"
+                "The DJANGOCMS_FRONTEND_MINIMUM_INPUT_LENGTH setting was removed in djangocms-frontend 2.",
                 "Use DJANGOCMS_LINK_MINIMUM_INPUT_LENGTH instead.",
-                "This message disappears after removing the DJANGOCMS_FRONTEND_MINIMUM_INPUT_LENGTH from "
-                "your project's settings.\n",
                 id="djangocms_frontend.W001",
                 obj="settings.DJANGOCMS_FRONTEND_MINIMUM_INPUT_LENGTH",
             )
         )
-    if hasattr(settings, "DJANGOCMS_FRONTEND_LINK_MODELS"):  # pragma: no cover
+    if hasattr(settings, "DJANGOCMS_FRONTEND_LINK_MODELS"):
         warnings.append(
             checks.Warning(
-                "The DJANGOCMS_FRONTEND_LINK_MODELS setting was removed in djangocms-frontend 2.\n"
+                "The DJANGOCMS_FRONTEND_LINK_MODELS setting was removed in djangocms-frontend 2. "
                 "djangocms-frontend 2 uses linkable models from djangocms-link. See "
                 "https://github.com/django-cms/djangocms-link#django-cms-link for more info.",
                 "This message disappears after removing the DJANGOCMS_FRONTEND_LINK_MODELS from your "
@@ -45,7 +43,7 @@ def check_settings(*args, **kwargs):
     return warnings
 
 
-def check_installed_apps(app_configs, **kwargs):
+def check_installed_apps(*args, **kwargs):  # pragma: no cover
     from django.conf import settings
 
     errors = []
@@ -54,15 +52,15 @@ def check_installed_apps(app_configs, **kwargs):
         "djangocms_frontend.contrib.image",
         "djangocms_frontend.contrib.link",
     ]
-
-    if any(app in settings.INSTALLED_APPS for app in link_contrib_apps):
-        if "djangocms_link" not in settings.INSTALLED_APPS:  # pragma: no cover
+    link_apps_used = [app for app in link_contrib_apps if app in settings.INSTALLED_APPS]
+    if link_apps_used:
+        if "djangocms_link" not in settings.INSTALLED_APPS:
             errors.append(
                 checks.Error(
-                    "djangocms-frontend requires djangocms-link to be installed for the following plugins: {}.\n"
-                    "Add 'djangocms_link' to your INSTALLED_APPS setting or remove all of the above apps.".format(
-                        ", ".join(link_contrib_apps)
+                    "djangocms-frontend requires djangocms-link to be installed for {}.".format(
+                        ", ".join(link_apps_used)
                     ),
+                    "Add 'djangocms_link' to your INSTALLED_APPS setting or remove all of the above apps.",
                     id="djangocms_frontend.E001",
                     obj="settings.INSTALLED_APPS",
                 )

djangocms_frontend/contrib/link/cms_plugins.py

@@ -97,3 +97,8 @@ def get_render_template(self, context, instance, placeholder):
 if "djangocms_frontend.contrib.link" in django_settings.INSTALLED_APPS:
     #  Only register plugin if in INSTALLED_APPS
     plugin_pool.register_plugin(TextLinkPlugin)
+
+    if "djangocms_link" in django_settings.INSTALLED_APPS:
+        from djangocms_link.cms_plugins import LinkPlugin
+
+        LinkPlugin.parent_classes = [None]  # Remove it from the list of valid plugins