GeoDirectory not installed – poorly handled

Hi guys, while updating one of my plugins, I tried deactivating WPGeoDirectory to see how my check worked. I discovered that your add-on plugins are not handling the missing plugin gracefully.

	// First check if geodir main pluing is active or not.
	if (!get_option('geodir_installed')) {
		$error = new WP_Error('broke', __('<span style="color:#FF0000">There was an issue determining where GeoDirectory Plugin is installed and activated. Please install or activate GeoDirectory Plugin.</span>', GEODIRAUTOCOMPLETER_TEXTDOMAIN));
			echo $error->get_error_message();
		die;
	}

This function takes the user to a new page and then DIEs. Leaving them with a blank screen & your error. Clicking back produces the same error again as the function runs again. I got caught in a pretty bad loop this way and had to work hard to get out of it.

Might I suggest something more WordPress-y?

if (!get_option('geodir_installed')) {
    if( !( function_exists('gd_not_installed_error') ) ){
        function gd_not_installed_error(){
            $error = new WP_Error('broke', __('<span style="color:#dd3d36">There was an issue determining where GeoDirectory Plugin is installed and activated. Please install or activate GeoDirectory Plugin.</span>', 'gd-exporter'));
            echo '<div class="error">';
            echo $error->get_error_message();
            echo '</div>';
        }
    }
    add_action( 'admin_notices', 'gd_not_installed_error' );
}