diff --git a/frontend/src/components/App/PluginSettings/PluginSettings.tsx b/frontend/src/components/App/PluginSettings/PluginSettings.tsx
index ca2a9ec815..0cfde7e8a7 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/App/PluginSettings/PluginSettings.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/App/PluginSettings/PluginSettings.tsx
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ const EnableSwitch = (props: SwitchProps) => {
 /** PluginSettingsPure is the main component to where we render the plugin data. */
 export function PluginSettingsPure(props: PluginSettingsPureProps) {
   const { t } = useTranslation(['translation']);
+  const dispatch = useDispatch();
 
   /** Plugin arr to be rendered to the page from prop data */
   const pluginArr: any = props.plugins ? props.plugins : [];
@@ -118,6 +119,36 @@ export function PluginSettingsPure(props: PluginSettingsPureProps) {
     })
   );
 
+  /**
+   * This is the name and isEnabled parts from the plugin JSON data that is saved in local storage
+   */
+  const [pluginsEnabledSettings, setPluginsEnabledSettings] = useState(
+    useTypedSelector(state => state.plugins?.pluginSettings)
+  );
+
+  /**
+   * If there are no settings to be saved on local storage, then the default isEnabled from the plugins settings are saved.
+   */
+  if (pluginsEnabledSettings.length === 0) {
+    storeEnableSettings();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * This function is what trims the JSON data for the plugin into a smaller object to be used in local storage
+   */
+  function storeEnableSettings() {
+    const pendingSettings = pluginChanges.map((plugin: PluginInfo) => {
+      return {
+        name: plugin.name,
+        isEnabled: plugin.isEnabled,
+      };
+    });
+
+    setPluginsEnabledSettings(pendingSettings);
+
+    dispatch(setPluginSettings(pendingSettings));
+  }
+
   /**
    * useEffect to control the rendering of the save button.
    * By default, the enableSave is set to false.
@@ -154,6 +185,7 @@ export function PluginSettingsPure(props: PluginSettingsPureProps) {
    * This function then takes the current state of the pluginChanges array and inputs it to the onSave prop function.
    */
   function onSaveButtonHandler() {
+    storeEnableSettings();
     props.onSave(pluginChanges);
   }
 
@@ -283,13 +315,12 @@ export function PluginSettingsPure(props: PluginSettingsPureProps) {
 export default function PluginSettings() {
   const dispatch = useDispatch();
 
-  const pluginSettings = useTypedSelector(state => state.plugins.pluginSettings);
+  const pluginData = useTypedSelector(state => state.plugins.pluginData);
 
   return (
     <PluginSettingsPure
-      plugins={pluginSettings}
-      onSave={plugins => {
-        dispatch(setPluginSettings(plugins));
+      plugins={pluginData}
+      onSave={() => {
         dispatch(reloadPage());
       }}
     />
diff --git a/frontend/src/plugin/Plugins.tsx b/frontend/src/plugin/Plugins.tsx
index 46521ec7b5..e78d1bdde5 100644
--- a/frontend/src/plugin/Plugins.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/plugin/Plugins.tsx
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import helpers from '../helpers';
 import { UI_INITIALIZE_PLUGIN_VIEWS } from '../redux/actions/actions';
 import { useTypedSelector } from '../redux/reducers/reducers';
 import { fetchAndExecutePlugins } from './index';
-import { pluginsLoaded, setPluginSettings } from './pluginsSlice';
+import { pluginsLoaded, setPluginData } from './pluginsSlice';
 
 /**
  * For discovering and executing plugins.
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ export default function Plugins() {
     fetchAndExecutePlugins(
       settingsPlugins,
       updatedSettingsPackages => {
-        dispatch(setPluginSettings(updatedSettingsPackages));
+        dispatch(setPluginData(updatedSettingsPackages));
       },
       incompatiblePlugins => {
         const pluginList = Object.values(incompatiblePlugins)
diff --git a/frontend/src/plugin/pluginSlice.test.tsx b/frontend/src/plugin/pluginSlice.test.tsx
index 805f6f31e3..8dbde098b4 100644
--- a/frontend/src/plugin/pluginSlice.test.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/plugin/pluginSlice.test.tsx
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ const initialState: PluginsState = {
   loaded: false,
   /** If plugin settings are saved use those. */
   pluginSettings: JSON.parse(localStorage.getItem('headlampPluginSettings') || '[]'),
+  /** Information stored by settings about plugins. */
+  pluginData: [],
 };
 
 // Mock React component for testing
@@ -24,7 +26,7 @@ describe('pluginsSlice reducers', () => {
     const existingPluginName = 'test-plugin';
     const initialStateWithPlugin: PluginsState = {
       ...initialState,
-      pluginSettings: [
+      pluginData: [
         {
           name: existingPluginName,
           settingsComponent: undefined,
@@ -41,15 +43,15 @@ describe('pluginsSlice reducers', () => {
 
     const newState = pluginsSlice.reducer(initialStateWithPlugin, action);
 
-    expect(newState.pluginSettings[0].settingsComponent).toBeDefined();
-    expect(newState.pluginSettings[0].displaySettingsComponentWithSaveButton).toBe(true);
+    expect(newState.pluginData[0].settingsComponent).toBeDefined();
+    expect(newState.pluginData[0].displaySettingsComponentWithSaveButton).toBe(true);
   });
 
   test('should not modify state when plugin name does not match any existing plugin', () => {
     const nonExistingPluginName = 'non-existing-plugin';
     const initialStateWithPlugin: PluginsState = {
       ...initialState,
-      pluginSettings: [
+      pluginData: [
         {
           name: 'existing-plugin',
           settingsComponent: undefined,
diff --git a/frontend/src/plugin/pluginsSlice.ts b/frontend/src/plugin/pluginsSlice.ts
index 37e3277ac0..890ea796a2 100644
--- a/frontend/src/plugin/pluginsSlice.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/plugin/pluginsSlice.ts
@@ -92,12 +92,16 @@ export interface PluginsState {
   loaded: boolean;
   /** Information stored by settings about plugins. */
   pluginSettings: PluginInfo[];
+  /** Information stored by settings about plugins. */
+  pluginData: PluginInfo[];
 }
 const initialState: PluginsState = {
   /** Once the plugins have been fetched and executed. */
   loaded: false,
   /** If plugin settings are saved use those. */
   pluginSettings: JSON.parse(localStorage.getItem('headlampPluginSettings') || '[]'),
+  /** If plugin data is saved use those. */
+  pluginData: [],
 };
 
 export const pluginsSlice = createSlice({
@@ -114,6 +118,10 @@ export const pluginsSlice = createSlice({
       state.pluginSettings = action.payload;
       localStorage.setItem('headlampPluginSettings', JSON.stringify(action.payload));
     },
+    /** Sets the plugin data */
+    setPluginData(state, action: PayloadAction<PluginInfo[]>) {
+      state.pluginData = action.payload;
+    },
     /** Reloads the browser page */
     reloadPage() {
       window.location.reload();
@@ -130,7 +138,7 @@ export const pluginsSlice = createSlice({
       }>
     ) {
       const { name, component, displaySaveButton } = action.payload;
-      state.pluginSettings = state.pluginSettings.map(plugin => {
+      state.pluginData = state.pluginData?.map(plugin => {
         if (plugin.name === name) {
           return {
             ...plugin,
@@ -144,7 +152,12 @@ export const pluginsSlice = createSlice({
   },
 });
 
-export const { pluginsLoaded, setPluginSettings, setPluginSettingsComponent, reloadPage } =
-  pluginsSlice.actions;
+export const {
+  pluginsLoaded,
+  setPluginSettings,
+  setPluginData,
+  setPluginSettingsComponent,
+  reloadPage,
+} = pluginsSlice.actions;
 
 export default pluginsSlice.reducer;