1 files changed, 13 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/core/Plugin/MetadataLoader.php b/core/Plugin/MetadataLoader.php
index bde849ff7e..b3d552cf80 100644
--- a/core/Plugin/MetadataLoader.php
+++ b/core/Plugin/MetadataLoader.php
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ namespace Piwik\Plugin;
 use Exception;
 use Piwik\Piwik;
 use Piwik\Version;
+use Piwik\Plugin;
 
 /**
  * @see core/Version.php
@@ -90,12 +91,22 @@ class MetadataLoader
         );
     }
 
-    private function loadPluginInfoJson()
+    /**
+     * It is important that this method works without using anything from DI
+     * @return array|mixed
+     */
+    public function loadPluginInfoJson()
     {
-        $path = $this->getPathToPluginFolder() . '/' . self::PLUGIN_JSON_FILENAME;
+        $path = $this->getPathToPluginJson();
         return $this->loadJsonMetadata($path);
     }
 
+    public function getPathToPluginJson()
+    {
+        $path = $this->getPathToPluginFolder() . '/' . self::PLUGIN_JSON_FILENAME;
+        return $path;
+    }
+
     private function loadJsonMetadata($path)
     {
         if (!file_exists($path)) {