Title: Plugin Groups / Settings hierarchy
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Plugin Groups / Settings hierarchy

 *  Resolved [BBIndikator](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bbindikator/)
 * (@bbindikator)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-groups-2/)
 * I´ve read some topics here, but the use of plugin groups isn´t clear for me, 
   sorry.
 * I use filters for every page, cause I find they are more handy than a setup page
   for page.
 * I deactivated the most plugins globally, afterward I create filters for every
   page/section to activate certain plugins where they needed. That´s fine. By the
   way: your plugin creates really awesome page-loading results!
 * Here my question **1** : If I check all plugins for a page to on but a group 
   below to off, all plugins from this group are disabled. -> But if I set all plugins
   in filter to off and a specific group below to on, this plugins from group aren
   ´t work. Is it just possible to use groups for disabling plugins?
 * **2** : What´s the hierarchy from your settings, please?
 * From highest to lowest ?
    1. Filter:groups -> just for turn off
    2. Filter:filter
    3. Selective:groups -> just for turn off
    4. Selective:filter
    5. Globally
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 *  Thread Starter [BBIndikator](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bbindikator/)
 * (@bbindikator)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-groups-2/#post-5538035)
 * **3** : I know how to setup a filter group. But where exactly can I work with
   it, please? If I go to -> Plugin Filters, all of them are shown, but without 
   it´s group-name. Can´t see group-names anywhere else..
 * **4** : Is it possible to setup for example wp-admin.php with some settings and
   add this filter with “also affect children”, but add a new filter for wp-admin.
   php/any-slug and set new settings that overrides the first ones?
 * On this way it would be possible to create a setup for complete admin area, but
   change them selective for some sections..
 * Hope this was my last question : ) Thank you for your very nice plugin and your
   patience..
 *  Thread Starter [BBIndikator](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bbindikator/)
 * (@bbindikator)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-groups-2/#post-5538066)
 * **5** : Sorry, is it possible to set more than one permalinks to an single filter?
 *  Plugin Author [Jeff Sterup](https://wordpress.org/support/users/foomagoo/)
 * (@foomagoo)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-groups-2/#post-5538165)
 * 1. You can’t override the settings within a single plugin filter. You can only
   override the global settings.
    2. Filter groups are only for organizing your 
   filters. Not for disabling or enabling. Plugin groups can be used to disable/
   enable plugins by group. The current page/post/filter have the highest priority
   if any settings exist for it. If no settings are specifically set then the parent
   is looked at. Finally the global plugins are applied. 3. Seems the ability to
   filter by plugin group is missing. I’ve apparently never implemented that. Or
   it got lost somewhere. There should be a dropdown in the list of plugin filters
   to view plugin filters in a given group. 4. I think you mean wp-admin. There 
   is no wp-admin.php unless you have a custom admin theme that supplies that. You
   can create a filter for wp-admin and override it with a different filter for 
   a specific file like wp-admin/post.php 5. It is not possible to add more than
   one permalink per filter.
 *  Thread Starter [BBIndikator](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bbindikator/)
 * (@bbindikator)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-groups-2/#post-5538166)
 * Awesome! Thank you so much! I advertise your plugin and nice support everywhere
   I can..!
 * Best regards

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 * Last activity: [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-groups-2/#post-5538166)
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