Multiple wordpress installations with same plugin folder (Apache Virtualhost)

Question

I'm trying to use a single plugins folder for multiple websites to standardize my websites.
Do you know any way to use Symlinks in WordPress? In a single shared folder send the plugins to various installations using apache virtualhost?

I tried to use the Symlinks, but WordPress did not recognize Symlink as a plugin
What I have done: Entered in var/www/mywebsite.com/wp-content/plugins
Entered the following command:

sudo ln -s /root/plugins/my-plugin my-plugin

Symlink works, but...
Nothing happened in WordPress admin panel.

Thank you

Answer 1

You should put this to config files of wordpress instances

define( 'WP_PLUGIN_DIR', $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . '/wordpress1/wp-content/plugins' );

place it before the /* That’s all, stop editing! Happy blogging. */ line.