diff --git a/src/components/plugins/PluginResults.tsx b/src/components/plugins/PluginResults.tsx
index 7ca41e2..1420c77 100644
--- a/src/components/plugins/PluginResults.tsx
+++ b/src/components/plugins/PluginResults.tsx
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import { Blocks } from "lucide-react";
 import { useIntl } from "react-intl";
 
 import { EmptyStatePlaceholder } from "@/components/dashboard/EmptyStatePlaceholder";
-import { StatusDot } from "@/components/dashboard/StatusDot";
 import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button";
 import { Card, CardContent } from "@/components/ui/card";
 import { CardTag } from "@/components/ui/card-tag";
@@ -18,8 +17,6 @@ import {
 import type { PluginSummary } from "@/generated/types";
 import { useDebouncedValue } from "@/hooks/useDebouncedValue";
 
-const ENABLED_STATUS = "enabled";
-
 enum PluginIconColor {
   Red = "bg-red-500",
   Orange = "bg-orange-500",
@@ -50,10 +47,6 @@ function hashString(str: string): number {
   return Math.abs(hash);
 }
 
-function isEnabled(plugin: PluginSummary): boolean {
-  return plugin.status === ENABLED_STATUS;
-}
-
 const PluginIcon = memo(function PluginIcon({ name }: { name: string }) {
   const colorClass = useMemo(() => {
     const hash = hashString(name);
@@ -87,14 +80,6 @@ function PluginCard({
           <CardContent className="flex flex-1 flex-col px-5 py-5">
             <div className="flex items-start justify-between gap-3">
               <PluginIcon name={plugin.name} />
-              <StatusDot
-                tone={isEnabled(plugin) ? "success" : "muted"}
-                className="text-sm text-muted-foreground"
-              >
-                {isEnabled(plugin)
-                  ? intl.formatMessage({ id: "plugins.catalog.enabled" })
-                  : intl.formatMessage({ id: "plugins.catalog.disabled" })}
-              </StatusDot>
             </div>
 
             <h2 id={headingId} className="mt-4 truncate text-sm font-medium text-foreground">
@@ -183,11 +168,6 @@ export function PluginDetailsDialog({
             <DetailRow label={intl.formatMessage({ id: "plugins.catalog.priority" })}>
               {plugin.priority}
             </DetailRow>
-            <DetailRow label={intl.formatMessage({ id: "plugins.catalog.status" })}>
-              {isEnabled(plugin)
-                ? intl.formatMessage({ id: "plugins.catalog.enabled" })
-                : intl.formatMessage({ id: "plugins.catalog.disabled" })}
-            </DetailRow>
           </dl>
 
           {plugin.hooks && plugin.hooks.length > 0 && (
diff --git a/src/components/plugins/PluginToolbar.tsx b/src/components/plugins/PluginToolbar.tsx
index 2e0a968..679c436 100644
--- a/src/components/plugins/PluginToolbar.tsx
+++ b/src/components/plugins/PluginToolbar.tsx
@@ -18,15 +18,13 @@ import {
 
 const ALL_FILTER_VALUE = "__all__";
 
-export type PluginSingleFilterKey = "mode" | "hook";
+export type PluginSingleFilterKey = "hook";
 
 interface PluginToolbarProps {
   search: string;
   enabledOnly: boolean;
-  mode: string;
   hook: string;
   selectedTags: string[];
-  modes: string[];
   hooks: string[];
   availableTags: string[];
   activeFilterCount: number;
@@ -75,10 +73,8 @@ function PluginViewToggle({
 }
 
 function PluginFiltersPopover({
-  mode,
   hook,
   selectedTags,
-  modes,
   hooks,
   availableTags,
   activeFilterCount,
@@ -89,7 +85,6 @@ function PluginFiltersPopover({
   const intl = useIntl();
   const id = useId();
   const filtersTitleId = `${id}-title`;
-  const modeTriggerId = `${id}-mode`;
   const hookTriggerId = `${id}-hook`;
 
   return (
@@ -126,32 +121,6 @@ function PluginFiltersPopover({
           )}
         </div>
 
-        <div className="space-y-2">
-          <Label htmlFor={modeTriggerId} className="text-xs">
-            {intl.formatMessage({ id: "plugins.catalog.mode" })}
-          </Label>
-          <Select
-            value={mode || ALL_FILTER_VALUE}
-            onValueChange={(value) =>
-              onSetSingleFilter("mode", value === ALL_FILTER_VALUE ? null : value)
-            }
-          >
-            <SelectTrigger id={modeTriggerId} className="w-full">
-              <SelectValue />
-            </SelectTrigger>
-            <SelectContent>
-              <SelectItem value={ALL_FILTER_VALUE}>
-                {intl.formatMessage({ id: "plugins.catalog.allModes" })}
-              </SelectItem>
-              {modes.map((item) => (
-                <SelectItem key={item} value={item}>
-                  {item}
-                </SelectItem>
-              ))}
-            </SelectContent>
-          </Select>
-        </div>
-
         <div className="space-y-2">
           <Label htmlFor={hookTriggerId} className="text-xs">
             {intl.formatMessage({ id: "plugins.catalog.hook" })}
diff --git a/src/i18n/locales/en-US/plugins.json b/src/i18n/locales/en-US/plugins.json
index 8c9dfbb..e76b185 100644
--- a/src/i18n/locales/en-US/plugins.json
+++ b/src/i18n/locales/en-US/plugins.json
@@ -9,18 +9,15 @@
   "plugins.catalog.mode": "Mode",
   "plugins.catalog.hook": "Hook",
   "plugins.catalog.tags": "Tags",
-  "plugins.catalog.allModes": "All modes",
   "plugins.catalog.allHooks": "All hooks",
   "plugins.catalog.allTags": "All tags",
   "plugins.catalog.enabled": "Enabled",
-  "plugins.catalog.disabled": "Disabled",
   "plugins.catalog.view": "View",
   "plugins.catalog.viewPlugin": "View {name}",
   "plugins.catalog.viewOptions": "Plugins view",
   "plugins.catalog.author": "Author",
   "plugins.catalog.version": "Version",
   "plugins.catalog.priority": "Priority",
-  "plugins.catalog.status": "Status",
   "plugins.catalog.hooks": "Hooks",
   "plugins.catalog.configuration": "Configuration",
   "plugins.catalog.resultCount": "{count, plural, =0 {No plugins shown} one {# plugin shown} other {# plugins shown}}",
diff --git a/src/i18n/locales/es-ES/plugins.json b/src/i18n/locales/es-ES/plugins.json
index 89701a0..74b5399 100644
--- a/src/i18n/locales/es-ES/plugins.json
+++ b/src/i18n/locales/es-ES/plugins.json
@@ -9,18 +9,15 @@
   "plugins.catalog.mode": "Modo",
   "plugins.catalog.hook": "Hook",
   "plugins.catalog.tags": "Etiquetas",
-  "plugins.catalog.allModes": "Todos los modos",
   "plugins.catalog.allHooks": "Todos los hooks",
   "plugins.catalog.allTags": "Todas las etiquetas",
   "plugins.catalog.enabled": "Habilitado",
-  "plugins.catalog.disabled": "Deshabilitado",
   "plugins.catalog.view": "Ver",
   "plugins.catalog.viewPlugin": "Ver {name}",
   "plugins.catalog.viewOptions": "Vista de plugins",
   "plugins.catalog.author": "Autor",
   "plugins.catalog.version": "Versión",
   "plugins.catalog.priority": "Prioridad",
-  "plugins.catalog.status": "Estado",
   "plugins.catalog.hooks": "Hooks",
   "plugins.catalog.configuration": "Configuración",
   "plugins.catalog.resultCount": "{count, plural, =0 {No hay plugins mostrados} one {# plugin mostrado} other {# plugins mostrados}}",
diff --git a/src/i18n/locales/pt-BR/plugins.json b/src/i18n/locales/pt-BR/plugins.json
index 64aa809..3239120 100644
--- a/src/i18n/locales/pt-BR/plugins.json
+++ b/src/i18n/locales/pt-BR/plugins.json
@@ -9,18 +9,15 @@
   "plugins.catalog.mode": "Modo",
   "plugins.catalog.hook": "Hook",
   "plugins.catalog.tags": "Tags",
-  "plugins.catalog.allModes": "Todos os modos",
   "plugins.catalog.allHooks": "Todos os hooks",
   "plugins.catalog.allTags": "Todas as tags",
   "plugins.catalog.enabled": "Habilitado",
-  "plugins.catalog.disabled": "Desabilitado",
   "plugins.catalog.view": "Ver",
   "plugins.catalog.viewPlugin": "Ver {name}",
   "plugins.catalog.viewOptions": "Visualização de plugins",
   "plugins.catalog.author": "Autor",
   "plugins.catalog.version": "Versão",
   "plugins.catalog.priority": "Prioridade",
-  "plugins.catalog.status": "Status",
   "plugins.catalog.hooks": "Hooks",
   "plugins.catalog.configuration": "Configuração",
   "plugins.catalog.resultCount": "{count, plural, =0 {Nenhum plugin exibido} one {# plugin exibido} other {# plugins exibidos}}",
diff --git a/src/index.css b/src/index.css
index 5e3460a..a414659 100644
--- a/src/index.css
+++ b/src/index.css
@@ -211,3 +211,14 @@
     overflow-y: scroll;
   }
 }
+
+/* Radix dialogs lock the page through react-remove-scroll, which puts a
+   margin-right the width of the scrollbar on the body to compensate for the
+   scrollbar it expects to hide. Both rules above keep that space reserved for
+   the whole session, so the compensation double-counts and shifts the page left
+   as a dialog opens. Zero it out; the gutter already holds the space.
+   The injected rule is `body[data-scroll-locked] { margin-right: Npx !important }`
+   and lands later in the cascade, so this needs the extra specificity to win. */
+html body[data-scroll-locked] {
+  margin-right: 0 !important;
+}
diff --git a/src/pages/Plugins.test.tsx b/src/pages/Plugins.test.tsx
index ff94310..ece955c 100644
--- a/src/pages/Plugins.test.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/Plugins.test.tsx
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ const logging: PluginSummary = {
   description: "Logs request and response payloads for auditing",
   author: "Community",
   version: "0.4.1",
-  mode: "permissive",
+  mode: "disabled",
   priority: 50,
   hooks: ["http_pre_request"],
   tags: ["observability"],
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ describe("Plugins", () => {
     expect(screen.getByRole("status", { name: "Loading..." })).toBeInTheDocument();
   });
 
-  it("renders plugin cards with status", () => {
+  it("renders plugin cards without a status badge", () => {
     renderWithRouter(<Plugins />);
 
     expect(screen.getByRole("region", { name: "Plugins" })).toBeInTheDocument();
@@ -92,8 +92,13 @@ describe("Plugins", () => {
     expect(within(list).getAllByRole("listitem")).toHaveLength(2);
     expect(screen.getByRole("heading", { name: "PII Guardrails" })).toBeInTheDocument();
     expect(screen.getByRole("heading", { name: "Request Logger" })).toBeInTheDocument();
-    expect(within(list).getByText("Enabled")).toBeInTheDocument();
-    expect(within(list).getByText("Disabled")).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(
+      within(list).getByText("Detects and redacts personally identifiable information"),
+    ).toBeInTheDocument();
+    // Cards carry no status until enable/disable lands, at which point only
+    // enabled plugins get a badge.
+    expect(within(list).queryByText("Enabled")).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(within(list).queryByText("Disabled")).not.toBeInTheDocument();
     expect(screen.getByRole("status")).toHaveTextContent("2 plugins shown");
   });
 
@@ -112,6 +117,9 @@ describe("Plugins", () => {
     expect(within(dialog).getByText("redact")).toBeInTheDocument();
     expect(within(dialog).getByText("true")).toBeInTheDocument();
     expect(within(dialog).getByText('["EMAIL","SSN"]')).toBeInTheDocument();
+    // Status is derived from mode (status === "disabled" iff mode === "disabled"),
+    // so the dialog shows mode only.
+    expect(within(dialog).queryByText("Status")).not.toBeInTheDocument();
 
     await user.keyboard("{Escape}");
     expect(screen.queryByRole("dialog")).not.toBeInTheDocument();
@@ -128,17 +136,14 @@ describe("Plugins", () => {
     expect(screen.getByText("No plugins match the active search and filters.")).toBeInTheDocument();
   });
 
-  it("filters by mode and reflects it in the URL", async () => {
+  it("offers no mode filter — hook and tags only", async () => {
     const user = userEvent.setup();
     renderWithRouter(<Plugins />);
 
     await user.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: /^Filters$/ }));
-    await user.click(screen.getByRole("combobox", { name: "Mode" }));
-    await user.click(screen.getByRole("option", { name: "enforce" }));
 
-    await waitFor(() => expect(window.location.search).toContain("mode=enforce"));
-    expect(screen.getByRole("heading", { name: "PII Guardrails" })).toBeInTheDocument();
-    expect(screen.queryByRole("heading", { name: "Request Logger" })).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getByRole("combobox", { name: "Hook" })).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.queryByRole("combobox", { name: "Mode" })).not.toBeInTheDocument();
   });
 
   it("filters by hook and tag, then clears filters", async () => {
diff --git a/src/pages/Plugins.tsx b/src/pages/Plugins.tsx
index 7a96462..4b29a6e 100644
--- a/src/pages/Plugins.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/Plugins.tsx
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ const PAGE_HEADING_ID = "plugins-catalog-heading";
 
 interface PluginFilters {
   search: string;
-  mode: string;
   hook: string;
   tags: string[];
   enabledOnly: boolean;
@@ -38,7 +37,6 @@ function parseFilters(path: string): PluginFilters {
 
   return {
     search: params.get("search") ?? "",
-    mode: params.get("mode") ?? "",
     hook: params.get("hook") ?? "",
     tags: [...new Set(params.getAll("tags").filter(Boolean))],
     enabledOnly: params.get("status") === ENABLED_STATUS,
@@ -83,10 +81,7 @@ function usePluginFilters() {
     [filters.tags, updateQuery],
   );
 
-  const clearFilters = useCallback(
-    () => updateQuery({ mode: null, hook: null, tags: [] }),
-    [updateQuery],
-  );
+  const clearFilters = useCallback(() => updateQuery({ hook: null, tags: [] }), [updateQuery]);
 
   return { filters, updateQuery, setSingleFilter, toggleTag, clearFilters };
 }
@@ -95,7 +90,6 @@ function filterPlugins(plugins: PluginSummary[], filters: PluginFilters): Plugin
   const search = filters.search.trim().toLocaleLowerCase();
 
   return plugins.filter((plugin) => {
-    if (filters.mode && plugin.mode !== filters.mode) return false;
     if (filters.hook && !plugin.hooks?.includes(filters.hook)) return false;
     if (filters.tags.length > 0 && !filters.tags.some((tag) => plugin.tags?.includes(tag))) {
       return false;
@@ -150,10 +144,6 @@ export function Plugins() {
     () => filterPlugins(allPlugins, activeFilters),
     [allPlugins, activeFilters],
   );
-  const modeOptions = useMemo(
-    () => sortedUnique(allPlugins.map((plugin) => plugin.mode)),
-    [allPlugins],
-  );
   const hookOptions = useMemo(
     () => sortedUnique(allPlugins.flatMap((plugin) => plugin.hooks ?? [])),
     [allPlugins],
@@ -169,8 +159,7 @@ export function Plugins() {
     : filters.enabledOnly && !hasEnabledPlugins
       ? "plugins.catalog.noneEnabled"
       : "plugins.catalog.noResults";
-  const activeFilterCount =
-    Number(Boolean(filters.mode)) + Number(Boolean(filters.hook)) + filters.tags.length;
+  const activeFilterCount = Number(Boolean(filters.hook)) + filters.tags.length;
 
   const handleView = useCallback((plugin: PluginSummary, trigger: HTMLButtonElement) => {
     lastViewTriggerRef.current = trigger;
@@ -229,10 +218,8 @@ export function Plugins() {
       <PluginToolbar
         search={search}
         enabledOnly={filters.enabledOnly}
-        mode={filters.mode}
         hook={filters.hook}
         selectedTags={filters.tags}
-        modes={modeOptions}
         hooks={hookOptions}
         availableTags={tagOptions}
         activeFilterCount={activeFilterCount}