Title: Selective Admin
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Selective Admin

 *  Resolved [projectmunton](https://wordpress.org/support/users/projectmunton/)
 * (@projectmunton)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/selective-admin/)
 * Hi … love the plugin !! very nice work 🙂
 * Just wondering if its is possible to selectively disable plugin for the admin
   areas?
 * There are some plugins I need to have active in the admin areas but there are
   others that do not need to be enabled (and sometimes those plugins can cause 
   a conflict error when active in the admin)
 * Many thanks in advance
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/plugin-organizer/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/plugin-organizer/)

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 *  [buddybasso](https://wordpress.org/support/users/buddybasso/)
 * (@buddybasso)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/selective-admin/#post-5692825)
 * (1) Go to Plugin Organizer –> Settings and enable the two options below:
    (*)
   Selective Plugin Loading (*) Admin Areas:
 * (2) Go to Plugin Organizer –> Plugin Filters and create a new filter. Fill in
   the NAME (e.g.”Admin Area Only”), the PERMALINK (“[http://www.yoursite.com.br/wp-admin&#8221](http://www.yoursite.com.br/wp-admin&#8221);),
   check the “Also Affect Children” checkbox and, as last step, enable/disable the
   plugins you want/don’t want on the admin pages by toggling the settings on the
   plugin list at the bottom of the page.
 * This filter will be applicable to ALL your admin pages; it will override the 
   Global Plugins list in the case of the admin pages. If you later need to change
   a disabled (via PO) plugin to tweak its settings in the admin area, you will 
   need to reedit this filter; just turn the plugin back on temporarily, do what
   you need and then turn it off again.
 * This filter can be used to speed up your admin area considerably.
 * best regards,
    Giovanni
 *  Plugin Author [Jeff Sterup](https://wordpress.org/support/users/foomagoo/)
 * (@foomagoo)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/selective-admin/#post-5692829)
 * Thanks Giovanni!
 *  Thread Starter [projectmunton](https://wordpress.org/support/users/projectmunton/)
 * (@projectmunton)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/selective-admin/#post-5692839)
 * Excellent !! thanks Giovanni much appreciated … and for the quick response 🙂
 * Thanks again Jeff for a brilliant plugin !!
 *  [anefarious1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anefarious1/)
 * (@anefarious1)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/selective-admin/#post-5693230)
 * I have a related question regarding Admin configuration. If I keep the settings
   for Admin Areas as disabled, can I still create a plugin filter which turns off
   some plugins in the admin area? In other words, I want the default setting to
   be for all plugins to be enabled in the admin areas but wish to disable some 
   of them. Thanks
 *  Plugin Author [Jeff Sterup](https://wordpress.org/support/users/foomagoo/)
 * (@foomagoo)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/selective-admin/#post-5693232)
 * If you have the admin setting disabled the plugin filters won’t affect any page
   that starts with [http://www.yourdomain.com/wp-admin/](http://www.yourdomain.com/wp-admin/).
   If you just want to affect the admin areas then create a plugin filter with the
   permalink set to [http://www.yourdomain.com/wp-admin/](http://www.yourdomain.com/wp-admin/)
   and check the also affect children checkbox.
 *  [anefarious1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anefarious1/)
 * (@anefarious1)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/selective-admin/#post-5693233)
 * Okay so to be clear, a plugin filter won’t work if the admin setting is disabled.
   Thanks
 * Another thing is that any admin filter would still have settings for global and
   mobile. How does that work?
 *  Plugin Author [Jeff Sterup](https://wordpress.org/support/users/foomagoo/)
 * (@foomagoo)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/selective-admin/#post-5693234)
 * Global doesn’t affect the admin either if that option is disabled.
 *  [anefarious1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anefarious1/)
 * (@anefarious1)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/selective-admin/#post-5693235)
 * No I mean if the option is enabled. In the settings for a filter, there are still
   two columns of settings, Global and Mobile, but that doesn’t apply to admin. 
   See what I mean?
 *  Plugin Author [Jeff Sterup](https://wordpress.org/support/users/foomagoo/)
 * (@foomagoo)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/selective-admin/#post-5693236)
 * The first column is not your global plugins. Those are the plugins loaded for
   a standard browser. Global plugins are set on the global plugins page. The 2 
   columns of plugins are something different than the admin area settings. You 
   can have a plugin filter for the admin area that loads different plugins for 
   a mobile browser and a standard browser.
 *  [anefarious1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anefarious1/)
 * (@anefarious1)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/selective-admin/#post-5693237)
 * Ok thanks. This plugin continues to blow my mind. Sometimes it’s difficult to
   wrap ones’ head around the capabilities.

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