该INFORMATION_SCHEMA.PLUGINS 表为每个加载的插件包含一行。任何 PLUGIN_LIBRARY值为 的 NULL都是内置的，不能卸载。

mysql> SELECT * FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.PLUGINS\G
*************************** 1. row ***************************
           PLUGIN_NAME: binlog
        PLUGIN_VERSION: 1.0
         PLUGIN_STATUS: ACTIVE
           PLUGIN_TYPE: STORAGE ENGINE
   PLUGIN_TYPE_VERSION: 50158.0
        PLUGIN_LIBRARY: NULL
PLUGIN_LIBRARY_VERSION: NULL
         PLUGIN_AUTHOR: MySQL AB
    PLUGIN_DESCRIPTION: This is a pseudo storage engine to represent the binlog in a transaction
        PLUGIN_LICENSE: GPL
           LOAD_OPTION: FORCE
...
*************************** 10. row ***************************
           PLUGIN_NAME: InnoDB
        PLUGIN_VERSION: 1.0
         PLUGIN_STATUS: ACTIVE
           PLUGIN_TYPE: STORAGE ENGINE
   PLUGIN_TYPE_VERSION: 50158.0
        PLUGIN_LIBRARY: ha_innodb_plugin.so
PLUGIN_LIBRARY_VERSION: 1.0
         PLUGIN_AUTHOR: Innobase Oy
    PLUGIN_DESCRIPTION: Supports transactions, row-level locking,
                        and foreign keys
        PLUGIN_LICENSE: GPL
           LOAD_OPTION: ON
...

该SHOW PLUGINS语句为每个加载的插件显示一行。任何 Library值为 的NULL 都是内置的，不能卸载。

mysql> SHOW PLUGINS\G
*************************** 1. row ***************************
   Name: binlog
 Status: ACTIVE
   Type: STORAGE ENGINE
Library: NULL
License: GPL
...
*************************** 10. row ***************************
   Name: InnoDB
 Status: ACTIVE
   Type: STORAGE ENGINE
Library: ha_innodb_plugin.so
License: GPL
...

该mysql.plugin表显示了哪些插件已在INSTALL PLUGIN. 该表仅包含插件名称和库文件名，因此它提供的信息不如PLUGINS表或 SHOW PLUGINS语句多。