# Other Plugins

- [Disks Plugin](https://mariadb.com/docs/server/reference/plugins/other-plugins/disks-plugin.md): The Disks plugin adds the DISKS table to the Information Schema, providing metadata about the system's disk storage and usage.
- [Feedback Plugin](https://mariadb.com/docs/server/reference/plugins/other-plugins/feedback-plugin.md): The Feedback plugin collects and sends anonymous server usage and configuration data to MariaDB to help improve the software.
- [inet4](https://mariadb.com/docs/server/reference/plugins/other-plugins/inet4.md): The inet4 plugin provides the INET4 data type, allowing for efficient native storage and manipulation of IPv4 addresses as 4-byte binary strings.
- [METADATA\_LOCK\_INFO Plugin](https://mariadb.com/docs/server/reference/plugins/other-plugins/metadata-lock-info-plugin.md): This plugin creates the METADATA\_LOCK\_INFO table in the Information Schema, allowing users to view active metadata locks and their owners.
- [MYSQL\_JSON](https://mariadb.com/docs/server/reference/plugins/other-plugins/mysql_json.md): The MYSQL\_JSON plugin provides a JSON data type alias for compatibility, ensuring that tables created with the MySQL JSON type can be read by MariaDB.
- [mhnsw](https://mariadb.com/docs/server/reference/plugins/other-plugins/mhnsw.md): The mhnsw plugin implements the Hierarchical Navigable Small World algorithm, enabling high-performance approximate nearest neighbor search for vector data.
- [online\_alter\_log](https://mariadb.com/docs/server/reference/plugins/other-plugins/online_alter_log.md): The online\_alter\_log plugin provides logging capabilities for online ALTER TABLE operations, helping administrators monitor and debug schema changes.
- [Query Cache Information Plugin](https://mariadb.com/docs/server/reference/plugins/other-plugins/query-cache-information-plugin.md): This plugin exposes the contents of the query cache via the QUERY\_CACHE\_INFO table in the Information Schema, aiding in performance analysis.
- [Query Response Time Plugin](https://mariadb.com/docs/server/reference/plugins/other-plugins/query-response-time-plugin.md): The Query Response Time plugin collects and displays the distribution of query execution times, helping to identify performance bottlenecks.
- [User Variables Plugin](https://mariadb.com/docs/server/reference/plugins/other-plugins/user-variables-plugin.md): The User Variables plugin adds the USER\_VARIABLES table to the Information Schema, allowing users to inspect defined user variables and their values.


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