diff --git a/src/wp-includes/class-wp-connector-registry.php b/src/wp-includes/class-wp-connector-registry.php
index 9fe51be96aa8e..62baac907b9fd 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/class-wp-connector-registry.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/class-wp-connector-registry.php
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@
  *         env_var_name?: non-empty-string
  *     },
  *     plugin?: array{
- *         file: non-empty-string
+ *         file: non-empty-string,
+ *         is_active?: callable(): bool
  *     }
  * }
  */
@@ -111,6 +112,8 @@ final class WP_Connector_Registry {
 	 *
 	 *         @type string $file The plugin's main file path relative to the plugins
 	 *                            directory (e.g. 'my-plugin/my-plugin.php' or 'hello.php').
+	 *         @type callable $is_active Optional callback to determine whether the plugin
+	 *                                   is active. Receives no arguments and must return bool.
 	 *     }
 	 * }
 	 * @return array|null The registered connector data on success, null on failure.
@@ -245,6 +248,20 @@ public function register( string $id, array $args ): ?array {
 
 		if ( ! empty( $args['plugin'] ) && is_array( $args['plugin'] ) && ! empty( $args['plugin']['file'] ) ) {
 			$connector['plugin'] = array( 'file' => $args['plugin']['file'] );
+
+			if ( isset( $args['plugin']['is_active'] ) ) {
+				if ( ! is_callable( $args['plugin']['is_active'] ) ) {
+					_doing_it_wrong(
+						__METHOD__,
+						/* translators: %s: Connector ID. */
+						sprintf( __( 'Connector "%s" plugin is_active must be callable.' ), esc_html( $id ) ),
+						'7.0.0'
+					);
+					return null;
+				}
+
+				$connector['plugin']['is_active'] = $args['plugin']['is_active'];
+			}
 		}
 
 		$this->registered_connectors[ $id ] = $connector;
diff --git a/src/wp-includes/connectors.php b/src/wp-includes/connectors.php
index 63e018074fd58..6cfb8e615bc43 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/connectors.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/connectors.php
@@ -674,8 +674,22 @@ function _wp_connectors_get_connector_script_module_data( array $data ): array {
 
 		if ( ! empty( $connector_data['plugin']['file'] ) ) {
 			$file         = $connector_data['plugin']['file'];
-			$is_installed = file_exists( wp_normalize_path( WP_PLUGIN_DIR . '/' . $file ) );
-			$is_activated = $is_installed && is_plugin_active( $file );
+			$is_installed = false;
+			$is_activated = false;
+
+			if ( ! empty( $connector_data['plugin']['is_active'] ) && is_callable( $connector_data['plugin']['is_active'] ) ) {
+				$is_activated = (bool) call_user_func( $connector_data['plugin']['is_active'] );
+			}
+
+			if ( ! $is_activated ) {
+				$is_activated = is_plugin_active( $file );
+			}
+
+			if ( $is_activated ) {
+				$is_installed = true;
+			} else {
+				$is_installed = file_exists( WP_PLUGIN_DIR . '/' . $file );
+			}
 
 			$connector_out['plugin'] = array(
 				'file'        => $file,