diff --git a/wp-admin/plugins.php b/wp-admin/plugins.php
index 7dfb8c0d76..ae2342bcc2 100644
--- a/wp-admin/plugins.php
+++ b/wp-admin/plugins.php
@@ -523,7 +523,15 @@ function print_plugins_table($plugins, $context = '') {
 		</tr>';
 	}
 	foreach ( (array)$plugins as $plugin_file => $plugin_data) {
-		$actions = array();
+		// preorder
+		$actions = array(
+			'network_deactivate' => '', 'deactivate' => '',
+			'network_only' => '', 'activate' => '',
+			'network_activate' => '',
+			'edit' => '',
+			'plugin_delete' => '',
+		);
+
 		if ( 'mustuse' == $context ) {
 			$is_active = true;
 		} elseif ( 'dropins' == $context ) {
@@ -551,28 +559,28 @@ function print_plugins_table($plugins, $context = '') {
 			if ( $is_active ) {
 				if ( $is_active_for_network ) {
 					if ( is_super_admin() )
-						$actions[] = '<a href="' . wp_nonce_url('plugins.php?action=deactivate&amp;networkwide=1&amp;plugin=' . $plugin_file . '&amp;plugin_status=' . $context . '&amp;paged=' . $page, 'deactivate-plugin_' . $plugin_file) . '" title="' . __('Deactivate this plugin') . '">' . __('Network Deactivate') . '</a>';
+						$actions['network_deactivate'] = '<a href="' . wp_nonce_url('plugins.php?action=deactivate&amp;networkwide=1&amp;plugin=' . $plugin_file . '&amp;plugin_status=' . $context . '&amp;paged=' . $page, 'deactivate-plugin_' . $plugin_file) . '" title="' . __('Deactivate this plugin') . '">' . __('Network Deactivate') . '</a>';
 				} else {
-					$actions[] = '<a href="' . wp_nonce_url('plugins.php?action=deactivate&amp;plugin=' . $plugin_file . '&amp;plugin_status=' . $context . '&amp;paged=' . $page, 'deactivate-plugin_' . $plugin_file) . '" title="' . __('Deactivate this plugin') . '">' . __('Deactivate') . '</a>';
+					$actions['deactivate'] = '<a href="' . wp_nonce_url('plugins.php?action=deactivate&amp;plugin=' . $plugin_file . '&amp;plugin_status=' . $context . '&amp;paged=' . $page, 'deactivate-plugin_' . $plugin_file) . '" title="' . __('Deactivate this plugin') . '">' . __('Deactivate') . '</a>';
 				}
 			} else {
 				if ( is_multisite() && is_network_only_plugin( $plugin_file ) )
-					$actions[] = '<span title="' . __('This plugin can only be activated for all sites in a network') . '">' . __('Network Only') . '</span>';
+					$actions['network_only'] = '<span title="' . __('This plugin can only be activated for all sites in a network') . '">' . __('Network Only') . '</span>';
 				else
-					$actions[] = '<a href="' . wp_nonce_url('plugins.php?action=activate&amp;plugin=' . $plugin_file . '&amp;plugin_status=' . $context . '&amp;paged=' . $page, 'activate-plugin_' . $plugin_file) . '" title="' . __('Activate this plugin') . '" class="edit">' . __('Activate') . '</a>';
+					$actions['activate'] = '<a href="' . wp_nonce_url('plugins.php?action=activate&amp;plugin=' . $plugin_file . '&amp;plugin_status=' . $context . '&amp;paged=' . $page, 'activate-plugin_' . $plugin_file) . '" title="' . __('Activate this plugin') . '" class="edit">' . __('Activate') . '</a>';
 
 				if ( is_multisite() && is_super_admin() )
-					$actions[] = '<a href="' . wp_nonce_url('plugins.php?action=activate&amp;networkwide=1&amp;plugin=' . $plugin_file . '&amp;plugin_status=' . $context . '&amp;paged=' . $page, 'activate-plugin_' . $plugin_file) . '" title="' . __('Activate this plugin for all sites in this network') . '" class="edit">' . __('Network Activate') . '</a>';
+					$actions['network_activate'] = '<a href="' . wp_nonce_url('plugins.php?action=activate&amp;networkwide=1&amp;plugin=' . $plugin_file . '&amp;plugin_status=' . $context . '&amp;paged=' . $page, 'activate-plugin_' . $plugin_file) . '" title="' . __('Activate this plugin for all sites in this network') . '" class="edit">' . __('Network Activate') . '</a>';
 
 				if ( current_user_can('delete_plugins') )
-					$actions[] = '<a href="' . wp_nonce_url('plugins.php?action=delete-selected&amp;checked[]=' . $plugin_file . '&amp;plugin_status=' . $context . '&amp;paged=' . $page, 'bulk-manage-plugins') . '" title="' . __('Delete this plugin') . '" class="delete">' . __('Delete') . '</a>';
+					$actions['plugin_delete'] = '<a href="' . wp_nonce_url('plugins.php?action=delete-selected&amp;checked[]=' . $plugin_file . '&amp;plugin_status=' . $context . '&amp;paged=' . $page, 'bulk-manage-plugins') . '" title="' . __('Delete this plugin') . '" class="delete">' . __('Delete') . '</a>';
 			} // end if $is_active
 
 			if ( current_user_can('edit_plugins') && is_writable(WP_PLUGIN_DIR . '/' . $plugin_file) )
-				$actions[] = '<a href="plugin-editor.php?file=' . $plugin_file . '" title="' . __('Open this file in the Plugin Editor') . '" class="edit">' . __('Edit') . '</a>';
+				$actions['edit'] = '<a href="plugin-editor.php?file=' . $plugin_file . '" title="' . __('Open this file in the Plugin Editor') . '" class="edit">' . __('Edit') . '</a>';
 		} // end if $context
 
-		$actions = apply_filters( 'plugin_action_links', $actions, $plugin_file, $plugin_data, $context );
+		$actions = apply_filters( 'plugin_action_links', array_filter( $actions ), $plugin_file, $plugin_data, $context );
 		$actions = apply_filters( "plugin_action_links_$plugin_file", $actions, $plugin_file, $plugin_data, $context );
 
 		$class = $is_active ? 'active' : 'inactive';