How to activate all the recommended official Matomo plugins automatically after installation? (bash script)

In this FAQ, we’re going to discuss how to activate and deactivate all the plugins.

Activate and deactivate all the necessary plugins by executing the following commands on one server:

$ cd path/to/matomo

$ for PLUGIN_TO_ACTIVATE in CustomDimensions Cohorts CustomReports  MarketingCampaignsReporting CustomAlerts LogViewer InvalidateReports TasksTimetable DBStats AbTesting MediaAnalytics FormAnalytics Funnels RollUpReporting SearchEngineKeywordsPerformance  MultiChannelConversionAttribution HeatmapSessionRecording UsersFlow ActivityLog WhiteLabel DBStats TagManager; do echo -e “activating plugin $PLUGIN_TO_ACTIVATE…” && ./console plugin:activate $PLUGIN_TO_ACTIVATE; done

$ ./console plugin:deactivate ProfessionalServices

Alternatively you can use the User Interface. Go to Matomo > Administration > Plugins, and click “Activate” for each of these plugins in PLUGIN_TO_ACTIVATE, and “Deactivate” for the plugin ProfessionalServices.

When you run Matomo on multiple servers, you only need to activate the plugins (run this console plugin:activate command) on one server, and then let the config/config.ini.php file be synchronised to all your Matomo app servers. Learn more how file synchronisation is configured in Multi-servers configuration (and the sub-section Activating a new plugin on a multi servers environment).