# What are the plugins enabled on meta.discourse.org?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-are-the-plugins-enabled-on-meta-discourse-org/114706>\
**Category:** Site feedback\
**Created:** [April 10, 2019, 10:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-are-the-plugins-enabled-on-meta-discourse-org/114706 "2019-04-10T22:43:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![Stephen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/stephen/32/95011_2.png) [@Stephen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stephen)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2019, 2:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-are-the-plugins-enabled-on-meta-discourse-org/114706/9 "2019-04-26T14:27:08Z")

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> [@zogstrip](#):
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> You should start with a vanilla install and only if you need a feature provided by one of these plugins, you should review them and only then install them.

100x this. Several times now I’ve been asked to troubleshoot instances where the root cause were plugins which had been installed **but never used**.

Aside from creating crazy UI clutter, when you rebuild there’s always the risk that a change hasn’t been reflected/supported within a plugin. When that happens a rebuild may fail, or lead to unpredictable behavior.

In one of those instances they had easily ~20 plugins in app.yml and were **only using two**.

Talk about taking unnecessary risks 🤪

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