This plugin automatically activate all Plugins from WP_PLUGIN_DIR. Tips & Tricks You can use plugin as Must Use Plugin (you can also use CC-MU-Plugins-Loader to load it). You can exclude plugins from auto activate by using Clearcode\Auto_Activate_Plugins filter. add_filter( ‘Clearcode\Auto_Activate_Plugins’, function( $plugins ) { foreach ( [ ‘example/plugin.php’ ] as $plugin ) if ( isset( $plugins[ $plugin ] ) ) unset( $plugins[ $plugin ] ); return $plugins; } );