Title: Which plugins is my site using?
Last modified: January 31, 2017

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# Which plugins is my site using?

 *  [mieren](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mieren/)
 * (@mieren)
 * [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/which-plugins-is-my-site-using/)
 * Hello,
    I have just been hired to clean up a site that someone else built. There
   are 39 plugins! I’m trying to pare it down. But for example, there are 3 different
   plugins to put up testimonials, 3 different visual builders, 4 different image
   optimizers, etc. And they’re all activated.
 * Is there any way to determine whether a plugin is actually being used by the 
   website?
 * Thanks,
    Mieren

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 *  Moderator [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/)
 * (@t-p)
 * [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/which-plugins-is-my-site-using/#post-8722096)
 * Plugins are ways to extend and add to the functionality that already exists in
   WordPress.
 * Having said that, with that in mind YOU decide which plugin YOU need to activate!
    -  This reply was modified 9 years, 4 months ago by [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/).
 *  Moderator [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/)
 * (@sterndata)
 * Volunteer Forum Moderator
 * [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/which-plugins-is-my-site-using/#post-8722119)
 * Disable them all, then turn the back on one at a time. Unpleasant, but that’s
   the best way to find out what’s doing what when to whom.
 *  Thread Starter [mieren](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mieren/)
 * (@mieren)
 * [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/which-plugins-is-my-site-using/#post-8725708)
 * Thanks for the feedback. Gonna go bludgeon myself on this site now. Wish me luck.
   🙂

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 * Last activity: [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/which-plugins-is-my-site-using/#post-8725708)
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