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Mu Manager – Manage mu-plugins like standard plugins

It lets you disable, enable, and delete mu-plugins as you do with the standard plugins.

By Jose Mortellaro·Must Use·Free
5(7 reviews)
·700 active installs·Updated 4 months ago
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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.

5/57 reviews
700active installs
8.0K+total downloads
4 yearssince 2022

Overview

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…

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Ratings & Reviews

57 reviews
5 ★
7
4 ★
0
3 ★
0
2 ★
0
1 ★
0

Compatibility

WordPress4.6+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4
PHP5.6+ required

Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

0.0.3

*Fix: MU Plugins page not showing if only no mu-plugins are active

View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

Jose MortellaroJose Mortellaro
Plugin Info
Version
0.0.3
Last Updated
Dec 5, 2025
WP Requires
4.6+
Tested Up To
6.9.4
PHP Requires
5.6+
Active Installs
700
Downloads
8.0K+
Added
May 3, 2022
Business
Free

Tags

must usemu plugin

Developer

J
Jose Mortellaro
55 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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