Title: show_advanced_plugins
Published: April 25, 2014
Last modified: February 24, 2026

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# apply_filters( ‘show_advanced_plugins’, bool $show, string $type )

## In this article

 * [Description](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/show_advanced_plugins/?output_format=md#description)
 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/show_advanced_plugins/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/show_advanced_plugins/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/show_advanced_plugins/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/show_advanced_plugins/?output_format=md#changelog)

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Filters whether to display the advanced plugins list table.

## 󠀁[Description](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/show_advanced_plugins/?output_format=md#description)󠁿

There are two types of advanced plugins – must-use and drop-ins – which can be used
in a single site or Multisite network.

The $type parameter allows you to differentiate between the type of advanced plugins
to filter the display of. Contexts include ‘mustuse’ and ‘dropins’.

## 󠀁[Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/show_advanced_plugins/?output_format=md#parameters)󠁿

 `$show`bool

Whether to show the advanced plugins for the specified plugin type. Default true.

`$type`string

The plugin type. Accepts `'mustuse'`, `'dropins'`.

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/show_advanced_plugins/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

    ```php
    if ( apply_filters( 'show_advanced_plugins', true, 'mustuse' ) ) {
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-plugins-list-table.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/6.9.4/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-plugins-list-table.php#L144)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/6.9.4/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-plugins-list-table.php#L144-L144)

## 󠀁[Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/show_advanced_plugins/?output_format=md#related)󠁿

| Used by | Description | 
| [WP_Plugins_List_Table::prepare_items()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_plugins_list_table/prepare_items/)`wp-admin/includes/class-wp-plugins-list-table.php` |  |

## 󠀁[Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/show_advanced_plugins/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

| Version | Description | 
| [3.0.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/3.0.0/) | Introduced. |

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