It lets you disable, enable, and delete mu-plugins as you do with the standard plugins.
As of April 2026, Mu Manager is a WordPress must use plugin with 700 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 7 reviews. It has been downloaded 8.0K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.6+ and PHP 5.6+. Available on WordPress.org since 2022.
With Mu Manager you can manage the mu-plugins like the standard plugins.
You can disable, enable, and delete mu-plugins as you do with normal plugins.
The mu-plugins are the plugins that load before any standard plugin. In a normal WordPress installation they are located in the folder wp-content/mu-plugins.
Usually, WordPress doesn’t allow you to deactivate the mu-plugins. With Mu Manager you can enable, disable, and delete mu-plugins without the need for FTP.
It’s useful if you need to temporarily deactivate a mu-plugin, or to get rid of some mu-plugins installed by some hosting providers that you don’t need.
Some hosting providers, such as HostGator or Bluehost, might automatically install for instance a must-use plugin that enables the Endurance Page Cache, which you…
| WordPress | 4.6+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4 |
| PHP | 5.6+ required |
*Fix: MU Plugins page not showing if only no mu-plugins are active
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