Title: Hide a plugin
Last modified: August 24, 2016

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# Hide a plugin

 *  [prangers87](https://wordpress.org/support/users/prangers87/)
 * (@prangers87)
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hide-a-plugin-1/)
 * Hi, how can i hide a plugin, from the installed plugins list. Please help someone
 * Thanks
    _ [ Moderator note: please do not bump or create duplicate topics for
   the same thing. The bumps and duplicate topic have been deleted. ]

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 *  Moderator [Jan Dembowski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdembowski/)
 * (@jdembowski)
 * Forum Moderator and Brute Squad
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hide-a-plugin-1/#post-6081023)
 * Hide from whom?
 *  Thread Starter [prangers87](https://wordpress.org/support/users/prangers87/)
 * (@prangers87)
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hide-a-plugin-1/#post-6081025)
 * from a client
 *  [Tim Nash](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tnash/)
 * (@tnash)
 * Spam hunter
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hide-a-plugin-1/#post-6081030)
 * You can filter the Plugin table by using the “all_plugin” filter and remove the
   plugin from that list.
 * HOWEVER this is a terrible idea, if you are worried your client may turn the 
   plugin off then there are several other approaches, for example using an mu-plugin.
   If you can’t do that or its a complex plugin you can edit the plugin_action_links
   filter to remove the deactivate option. Again this is not something I would recommend,
   but is certainly a better solution then hiding it all together.
 * If you are trying to hide the fact the plugin exists, or it’s name for some reason
   the plugin list is not the only place these sort of things show up. Your client
   will at some point come across the plugin and will be confused what it is.
 * So apart from the fact it won’t hide the plugin it will also mean that it will
   be hard to update it from the plugin page if its a plugin downloaded for w.org.
   This could mean you are potentially exposing your client to a security risk and
   they have no way of knowing or fixing the issue.
 *  [kmessinger](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kmessinger/)
 * (@kmessinger)
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hide-a-plugin-1/#post-6081043)
 * What plugin? And why would you want to do that?
 *  Thread Starter [prangers87](https://wordpress.org/support/users/prangers87/)
 * (@prangers87)
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hide-a-plugin-1/#post-6081044)
 * Hi, where would I add the code “all_plugin” Tim Nash?
 * Thanks
 *  [kmessinger](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kmessinger/)
 * (@kmessinger)
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hide-a-plugin-1/#post-6081049)
 * Second request from Moderator.
 * What plugin? And why would you want to do that?
 *  [Matthew](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kidsguide/)
 * (@kidsguide)
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hide-a-plugin-1/#post-6081060)
 * prangers87: There is a plugin that does what you are trying to do. It is appropriately
   titled [Hide Plugins](https://wordpress.org/plugins/hide-plugins/).
 * Although we encourage you not to use this plugin to take advantage of your client.
 * Also, we appreciate it when you answer the support forum volunteers when they
   ask you questions. It makes support harder when the person keeps avoiding the
   questions and it is also very suspicious.
 * Anyway, (trusting that you are not using this to take advantage of your client)
   hopefully the plugin works.

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 * Last reply from: [Matthew](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kidsguide/)
 * Last activity: [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hide-a-plugin-1/#post-6081060)
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