#### 13.7.7.25 SHOW PLUGINS Statement

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```
SHOW PLUGINS
```

[`SHOW PLUGINS`](show-plugins.html) displays information about server plugins.

 Example of [`SHOW PLUGINS`](show-plugins.html) output:

```
mysql> SHOW PLUGINS\G
*************************** 1. row ***************************
   Name: binlog
 Status: ACTIVE
   Type: STORAGE ENGINE
Library: NULL
License: GPL
*************************** 2. row ***************************
   Name: CSV
 Status: ACTIVE
   Type: STORAGE ENGINE
Library: NULL
License: GPL
*************************** 3. row ***************************
   Name: MEMORY
 Status: ACTIVE
   Type: STORAGE ENGINE
Library: NULL
License: GPL
*************************** 4. row ***************************
   Name: MyISAM
 Status: ACTIVE
   Type: STORAGE ENGINE
Library: NULL
License: GPL
...
```

[`SHOW PLUGINS`](show-plugins.html) output has these columns:

* `Name`

   The name used to refer to the plugin in statements such as [`INSTALL PLUGIN`](install-plugin.html) and [`UNINSTALL PLUGIN`](uninstall-plugin.html).

* `Status`

   The plugin status, one of `ACTIVE`, `INACTIVE`, `DISABLED`, `DELETING`, or `DELETED`.

* `Type`

   The type of plugin, such as `STORAGE ENGINE`, `INFORMATION_SCHEMA`, or `AUTHENTICATION`.

* `Library`

   The name of the plugin shared library file. This is the name used to refer to the plugin file in statements such as [`INSTALL PLUGIN`](install-plugin.html) and [`UNINSTALL PLUGIN`](uninstall-plugin.html). This file is located in the directory named by the [`plugin_dir`](server-system-variables.html#sysvar_plugin_dir) system variable. If the library name is `NULL`, the plugin is compiled in and cannot be uninstalled with [`UNINSTALL PLUGIN`](uninstall-plugin.html).

* `License`

   How the plugin is licensed (for example, `GPL`).

 For plugins installed with [`INSTALL PLUGIN`](install-plugin.html), the `Name` and `Library` values are also registered in the `mysql.plugin` system table.

 For information about plugin data structures that form the basis of the information displayed by [`SHOW PLUGINS`](show-plugins.html), see [The MySQL Plugin API](https://dev.mysql.com/doc/extending-mysql/8.0/en/plugin-api.html).

 Plugin information is also available from the `INFORMATION_SCHEMA` `.PLUGINS` table. See [Section 26.3.22, “The INFORMATION\_SCHEMA PLUGINS Table”](information-schema-plugins-table.html).

