diff --git a/.gitchange b/.gitchange
index 412f78b5..45345fea 100644
--- a/.gitchange
+++ b/.gitchange
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1450447258
+1450450975
diff --git a/s2member/includes/classes/mms-patches.inc.php b/s2member/includes/classes/mms-patches.inc.php
index c39a8118..366e8a2a 100644
--- a/s2member/includes/classes/mms-patches.inc.php
+++ b/s2member/includes/classes/mms-patches.inc.php
@@ -88,9 +88,9 @@ public static function mms_patches ($display_notices = FALSE)
 									else // Otherwise, we need to report that /wp-login.php could NOT be updated. Possibly a permissions error.
 										($display_notices) ? c_ws_plugin__s2member_admin_notices::display_admin_notice ('Your <code>/wp-login.php</code> file could NOT be patched. File NOT writable.', true) : null;
 
-									$load_file = ABSPATH . WPINC . "/load.php";
-									$load_section = "/([\r\n\t\s ]+)(if( *?)\(( *?)empty( *?)\(( *?)\\\$active_plugins( *?)\)( *?)\|\|( *?)defined( *?)\(( *?)['\"]WP_INSTALLING['\"]( *?)\)( *?)\))/";
-									$load_replace = "\n\n\t// Modified for full plugin compatiblity.\n\t//if ( empty( \$active_plugins ) || defined( 'WP_INSTALLING' ) )\n\tif ( empty( \$active_plugins ) || ( defined( 'WP_INSTALLING' ) && !preg_match(\"/\/wp-activate\.php/\", \$_SERVER[\"REQUEST_URI\"]) ) )";
+									$load_file = ABSPATH . WPINC . "/load.php"; // WordPress v4.4 uses `wp_installing()` instead of `defined( 'WP_INSTALLING' )`
+									$load_section = "/([\r\n\t\s ]+)(if( *?)\(( *?)empty( *?)\(( *?)\\\$active_plugins( *?)\)( *?)\|\|( *?)(wp_installing\s*\(\s*\)|defined( *?)\(( *?)['\"]WP_INSTALLING['\"]( *?)\))( *?)\))/";
+									$load_replace = "\n\n\t// Modified for full plugin compatiblity.\n\t//if ( empty( \$active_plugins ) || wp_installing() )\n\tif ( empty( \$active_plugins ) || ( wp_installing() && !preg_match(\"/\/wp-activate\.php/\", \$_SERVER[\"REQUEST_URI\"]) ) )";
 
 									if (file_exists ($load_file) && ($load = file_get_contents ($load_file)) && is_writable ($load_file))
 										{
diff --git a/s2member/includes/menu-pages/code-samples/mms-patch-load.x-php b/s2member/includes/menu-pages/code-samples/mms-patch-load.x-php
index 4e7ddd7d..57f6abb3 100644
--- a/s2member/includes/menu-pages/code-samples/mms-patch-load.x-php
+++ b/s2member/includes/menu-pages/code-samples/mms-patch-load.x-php
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 	// Modified for full plugin compatiblity.
-	//if ( empty( $active_plugins ) || defined( 'WP_INSTALLING' ) )
-	if ( empty( $active_plugins ) || ( defined( 'WP_INSTALLING' ) && !preg_match("/\/wp-activate\.php/", $_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"]) ) )
-	return $plugins;
\ No newline at end of file
+	//if ( empty( $active_plugins ) || wp_installing() )
+	if ( empty( $active_plugins ) || ( wp_installing() && !preg_match("/\/wp-activate\.php/", $_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"]) ) )
+	return $plugins;