# Adding server-side plugin disabling to safe mode

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-server-side-plugin-disabling-to-safe-mode/148299>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [April 17, 2020, 12:04am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-server-side-plugin-disabling-to-safe-mode/148299 "2020-04-17T00:04:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![Falco](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/falco/32/179432_2.png) [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2020, 12:21am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-server-side-plugin-disabling-to-safe-mode/148299/2 "2020-04-17T00:21:48Z")

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Current [safe mode](https://meta.discourse.org/t/53504?silent=true) is just for the current page and goes away in a new tab or a refresh. So it is completely safe for testing.

Your proposal would change the meaning of it into flipping a setting persistently, affecting the entire site. That means it also needs to be restricted to admins.

I understand your proposal, but it’s a big change in behavior.

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