# Disable core plugin at startup

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-core-plugin-at-startup/281451
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Created:** [October 7, 2023, 12:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-core-plugin-at-startup/281451 "2023-10-07T12:52:38Z")
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### Author: ![merefield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/merefield/32/176214_2.png) [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)
#### Post date: [October 7, 2023, 5:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-core-plugin-at-startup/281451/8 "2023-10-07T17:36:15Z")

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Chat is still a plugin, it’s just shipped with core now, see:

> [@Chat plugin - \> Core](https://meta.discourse.org/t/chat-plugin-core/271437/2):
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> Sorry Robert, We don’t have plans for this in the mid term. Im not sure what you are trying to do with qunit, but you could certainly achieve this with system specs.

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