diff --git a/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/validate_review_subset_uniqueness.py b/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/validate_review_subset_uniqueness.py
index d70096ee45..04cc9ab5fb 100644
--- a/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/validate_review_subset_uniqueness.py
+++ b/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/validate_review_subset_uniqueness.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ from openpype.pipeline import PublishXmlValidationError
 
 
 class ValidateReviewSubsetUniqueness(pyblish.api.ContextPlugin):
-    """Validates that nodes has common root."""
+    """Validates that review subset has unique name."""
 
     order = openpype.api.ValidateContentsOrder
     hosts = ["maya"]
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ class ValidateReviewSubsetUniqueness(pyblish.api.ContextPlugin):
         subset_names = []
 
         for instance in context:
-            self.log.info("instance:: {}".format(instance.data))
+            self.log.debug("Instance: {}".format(instance.data))
             if instance.data.get('publish'):
                 subset_names.append(instance.data.get('subset'))
 
diff --git a/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/validate_setdress_root.py b/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/validate_setdress_root.py
index 0b4842d208..8e23a7c04f 100644
--- a/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/validate_setdress_root.py
+++ b/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/validate_setdress_root.py
@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@ import openpype.api
 
 
 class ValidateSetdressRoot(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin):
-    """
-    """
+    """Validate if set dress top root node is published."""
 
     order = openpype.api.ValidateContentsOrder
     label = "SetDress Root"
diff --git a/openpype/settings/defaults/project_settings/maya.json b/openpype/settings/defaults/project_settings/maya.json
index 5976c6a823..c96acbff6d 100644
--- a/openpype/settings/defaults/project_settings/maya.json
+++ b/openpype/settings/defaults/project_settings/maya.json
@@ -205,10 +205,15 @@
             "enabled": true,
             "optional": true,
             "active": true,
-            "exclude_families": ["model", "rig", "staticMesh"]
+            "exclude_families": [
+                "model",
+                "rig",
+                "staticMesh"
+            ]
         },
         "ValidateShaderName": {
             "enabled": false,
+            "optional": true,
             "regex": "(?P<asset>.*)_(.*)_SHD"
         },
         "ValidateShadingEngine": {
@@ -222,6 +227,7 @@
         },
         "ValidateLoadedPlugin": {
             "enabled": false,
+            "optional": true,
             "whitelist_native_plugins": false,
             "authorized_plugins": []
         },
@@ -236,6 +242,7 @@
         },
         "ValidateUnrealStaticMeshName": {
             "enabled": true,
+            "optional": true,
             "validate_mesh": false,
             "validate_collision": true
         },
@@ -252,6 +259,81 @@
             "redshift_render_attributes": [],
             "renderman_render_attributes": []
         },
+        "ValidateCurrentRenderLayerIsRenderable": {
+            "enabled": true,
+            "optional": false,
+            "active": true
+        },
+        "ValidateRenderImageRule": {
+            "enabled": true,
+            "optional": false,
+            "active": true
+        },
+        "ValidateRenderNoDefaultCameras": {
+            "enabled": true,
+            "optional": false,
+            "active": true
+        },
+        "ValidateRenderSingleCamera": {
+            "enabled": true,
+            "optional": false,
+            "active": true
+        },
+        "ValidateRenderLayerAOVs": {
+            "enabled": true,
+            "optional": false,
+            "active": true
+        },
+        "ValidateStepSize": {
+            "enabled": true,
+            "optional": false,
+            "active": true
+        },
+        "ValidateVRayDistributedRendering": {
+            "enabled": true,
+            "optional": false,
+            "active": true
+        },
+        "ValidateVrayReferencedAOVs": {
+            "enabled": true,
+            "optional": false,
+            "active": true
+        },
+        "ValidateVRayTranslatorEnabled": {
+            "enabled": true,
+            "optional": false,
+            "active": true
+        },
+        "ValidateVrayProxy": {
+            "enabled": true,
+            "optional": false,
+            "active": true
+        },
+        "ValidateVrayProxyMembers": {
+            "enabled": true,
+            "optional": false,
+            "active": true
+        },
+        "ValidateYetiRenderScriptCallbacks": {
+            "enabled": true,
+            "optional": false,
+            "active": true
+        },
+        "ValidateYetiRigCacheState": {
+            "enabled": true,
+            "optional": false,
+            "active": true
+        },
+        "ValidateYetiRigInputShapesInInstance": {
+            "enabled": true,
+            "optional": false,
+            "active": true
+        },
+        "ValidateYetiRigSettings": {
+            "enabled": true,
+            "optional": false,
+            "active": true
+        },
         "ValidateModelName": {
             "enabled": false,
             "database": true,
@@ -270,6 +352,7 @@
         },
         "ValidateTransformNamingSuffix": {
             "enabled": true,
+            "optional": true,
             "SUFFIX_NAMING_TABLE": {
                 "mesh": [
                     "_GEO",
@@ -293,7 +376,7 @@
             "ALLOW_IF_NOT_IN_SUFFIX_TABLE": true
         },
         "ValidateColorSets": {
-            "enabled": false,
+            "enabled": true,
             "optional": true,
             "active": true
         },
@@ -337,6 +420,16 @@
             "optional": true,
             "active": true
         },
+        "ValidateMeshNoNegativeScale": {
+            "enabled": true,
+            "optional": false,
+            "active": true
+        },
+        "ValidateMeshNonZeroEdgeLength": {
+            "enabled": true,
+            "optional": true,
+            "active": true
+        },
         "ValidateMeshNormalsUnlocked": {
             "enabled": false,
             "optional": true,
@@ -359,22 +452,22 @@
         },
         "ValidateNoNamespace": {
             "enabled": true,
-            "optional": true,
+            "optional": false,
             "active": true
         },
         "ValidateNoNullTransforms": {
             "enabled": true,
-            "optional": true,
+            "optional": false,
             "active": true
         },
         "ValidateNoUnknownNodes": {
             "enabled": true,
-            "optional": true,
+            "optional": false,
             "active": true
         },
         "ValidateNodeNoGhosting": {
             "enabled": false,
-            "optional": true,
+            "optional": false,
             "active": true
         },
         "ValidateShapeDefaultNames": {
@@ -402,6 +495,21 @@
             "optional": true,
             "active": true
         },
+        "ValidateNoVRayMesh": {
+            "enabled": true,
+            "optional": false,
+            "active": true
+        },
+        "ValidateUnrealMeshTriangulated": {
+            "enabled": false,
+            "optional": true,
+            "active": true
+        },
+        "ValidateAlembicVisibleOnly": {
+            "enabled": true,
+            "optional": false,
+            "active": true
+        },
         "ExtractAlembic": {
             "enabled": true,
             "families": [
@@ -425,8 +533,34 @@
             "optional": true,
             "active": true
         },
+        "ValidateAnimationContent": {
+            "enabled": true,
+            "optional": false,
+            "active": true
+        },
+        "ValidateOutRelatedNodeIds": {
+            "enabled": true,
+            "optional": false,
+            "active": true
+        },
+        "ValidateRigControllersArnoldAttributes": {
+            "enabled": true,
+            "optional": false,
+            "active": true
+        },
+        "ValidateSkeletalMeshHierarchy": {
+            "enabled": true,
+            "optional": false,
+            "active": true
+        },
+        "ValidateSkinclusterDeformerSet": {
+            "enabled": true,
+            "optional": false,
+            "active": true
+        },
         "ValidateRigOutSetNodeIds": {
             "enabled": true,
+            "optional": false,
             "allow_history_only": false
         },
         "ValidateCameraAttributes": {
@@ -439,14 +573,44 @@
             "optional": true,
             "active": true
         },
+        "ValidateAssemblyNamespaces": {
+            "enabled": true,
+            "optional": false,
+            "active": true
+        },
+        "ValidateAssemblyModelTransforms": {
+            "enabled": true,
+            "optional": false,
+            "active": true
+        },
         "ValidateAssRelativePaths": {
             "enabled": true,
+            "optional": false,
+            "active": true
+        },
+        "ValidateInstancerContent": {
+            "enabled": true,
+            "optional": false,
+            "active": true
+        },
+        "ValidateInstancerFrameRanges": {
+            "enabled": true,
+            "optional": false,
+            "active": true
+        },
+        "ValidateNoDefaultCameras": {
+            "enabled": true,
+            "optional": false,
+            "active": true
+        },
+        "ValidateUnrealUpAxis": {
+            "enabled": false,
             "optional": true,
             "active": true
         },
         "ValidateCameraContents": {
             "enabled": true,
-            "optional": true,
+            "optional": false,
             "validate_shapes": true
         },
         "ExtractPlayblast": {
diff --git a/openpype/settings/entities/schemas/projects_schema/schemas/schema_maya_publish.json b/openpype/settings/entities/schemas/projects_schema/schemas/schema_maya_publish.json
index 84182973a1..53247f6bd4 100644
--- a/openpype/settings/entities/schemas/projects_schema/schemas/schema_maya_publish.json
+++ b/openpype/settings/entities/schemas/projects_schema/schemas/schema_maya_publish.json
@@ -107,6 +107,11 @@
                     "key": "enabled",
                     "label": "Enabled"
                 },
+                {
+                    "type": "boolean",
+                    "key": "optional",
+                    "label": "Optional"
+                },
                 {
                     "type": "label",
                     "label": "Shader name regex can use named capture group <b>asset</b> to validate against current asset name.<p><b>Example:</b><br/><code>^.*(?P=&lt;asset&gt;.+)_SHD</code></p>"
@@ -159,6 +164,11 @@
                     "key": "enabled",
                     "label": "Enabled"
                 },
+                {
+                    "type": "boolean",
+                    "key": "optional",
+                    "label": "Optional"
+                },
                 {
                     "type": "boolean",
                     "key": "whitelist_native_plugins",
@@ -246,6 +256,11 @@
                     "key": "enabled",
                     "label": "Enabled"
                 },
+                {
+                    "type": "boolean",
+                    "key": "optional",
+                    "label": "Optional"
+                },
                 {
                     "type": "boolean",
                     "key": "validate_mesh",
@@ -332,6 +347,72 @@
                 }
             ]
         },
+        {
+            "type": "schema_template",
+            "name": "template_publish_plugin",
+            "template_data": [
+                {
+                    "key": "ValidateCurrentRenderLayerIsRenderable",
+                    "label": "Validate Current Render Layer Has Renderable Camera"
+                },
+                {
+                    "key": "ValidateRenderImageRule",
+                    "label": "Validate Images File Rule (Workspace)"
+                },
+                {
+                    "key": "ValidateRenderNoDefaultCameras",
+                    "label": "Validate No Default Cameras Renderable"
+                },
+                {
+                    "key": "ValidateRenderSingleCamera",
+                    "label": "Validate Render Single Camera"
+                },
+                {
+                    "key": "ValidateRenderLayerAOVs",
+                    "label": "Validate Render Passes / AOVs Are Registered"
+                },
+                {
+                    "key": "ValidateStepSize",
+                    "label": "Validate Step Size"
+                },
+                {
+                    "key": "ValidateVRayDistributedRendering",
+                    "label": "VRay Distributed Rendering"
+                },
+                {
+                    "key": "ValidateVrayReferencedAOVs",
+                    "label": "VRay Referenced AOVs"
+                },
+                {
+                    "key": "ValidateVRayTranslatorEnabled",
+                    "label": "VRay Translator Settings"
+                },
+                {
+                    "key": "ValidateVrayProxy",
+                    "label": "VRay Proxy Settings"
+                },
+                {
+                    "key": "ValidateVrayProxyMembers",
+                    "label": "VRay Proxy Members"
+                },
+                {
+                    "key": "ValidateYetiRenderScriptCallbacks",
+                    "label": "Yeti Render Script Callbacks"
+                },
+                {
+                    "key": "ValidateYetiRigCacheState",
+                    "label": "Yeti Rig Cache State"
+                },
+                {
+                    "key": "ValidateYetiRigInputShapesInInstance",
+                    "label": "Yeti Rig Input Shapes In Instance"
+                },
+                {
+                    "key": "ValidateYetiRigSettings",
+                    "label": "Yeti Rig Settings"
+                }
+            ]
+        },
         {
             "type": "collapsible-wrap",
             "label": "Model",
@@ -416,6 +497,11 @@
                             "key": "enabled",
                             "label": "Enabled"
                         },
+                        {
+                            "type": "boolean",
+                            "key": "optional",
+                            "label": "Optional"
+                        },
                         {
                             "type": "label",
                             "label": "Validates transform suffix based on the type of its children shapes."
@@ -472,6 +558,14 @@
                             "key": "ValidateMeshNonManifold",
                             "label": "ValidateMeshNonManifold"
                         },
+                        {
+                            "key": "ValidateMeshNoNegativeScale",
+                            "label": "Validate Mesh No Negative Scale"
+                        },
+                        {
+                            "key": "ValidateMeshNonZeroEdgeLength",
+                            "label": "Validate Mesh Edge Length Non Zero"
+                        },
                         {
                             "key": "ValidateMeshNormalsUnlocked",
                             "label": "ValidateMeshNormalsUnlocked"
@@ -525,6 +619,18 @@
                         {
                             "key": "ValidateUniqueNames",
                             "label": "ValidateUniqueNames"
+                        },
+                        {
+                            "key": "ValidateNoVRayMesh",
+                            "label": "Validate No V-Ray Proxies (VRayMesh)"
+                        },
+                        {
+                            "key": "ValidateUnrealMeshTriangulated",
+                            "label": "Validate if Mesh is Triangulated"
+                        },
+                        {
+                            "key": "ValidateAlembicVisibleOnly",
+                            "label": "Validate Alembic visible node"
                         }
                     ]
                 },
@@ -573,6 +679,26 @@
                         {
                             "key": "ValidateRigControllers",
                             "label": "Validate Rig Controllers"
+                        },
+                        {
+                            "key": "ValidateAnimationContent",
+                            "label": "Validate Animation Content"
+                        },
+                        {
+                            "key": "ValidateOutRelatedNodeIds",
+                            "label": "Validate Animation Out Set Related Node Ids"
+                        },
+                        {
+                            "key": "ValidateRigControllersArnoldAttributes",
+                            "label": "Validate Rig Controllers (Arnold Attributes)"
+                        },
+                        {
+                            "key": "ValidateSkeletalMeshHierarchy",
+                            "label": "Validate Skeletal Mesh Top Node"
+                        },
+                         {
+                            "key": "ValidateSkinclusterDeformerSet",
+                            "label": "Validate Skincluster Deformer Relationships"
                         }
                     ]
                 },
@@ -589,6 +715,11 @@
                             "key": "enabled",
                             "label": "Enabled"
                         },
+                        {
+                            "type": "boolean",
+                            "key": "optional",
+                            "label": "Optional"
+                        },
                         {
                             "type": "boolean",
                             "key": "allow_history_only",
@@ -611,9 +742,33 @@
                     "key": "ValidateAssemblyName",
                     "label": "Validate Assembly Name"
                 },
+                {
+                    "key": "ValidateAssemblyNamespaces",
+                    "label": "Validate Assembly Namespaces"
+                },
+                {
+                    "key": "ValidateAssemblyModelTransforms",
+                    "label": "Validate Assembly Model Transforms"
+                },
                 {
                     "key": "ValidateAssRelativePaths",
                     "label": "ValidateAssRelativePaths"
+                },
+                {
+                    "key": "ValidateInstancerContent",
+                    "label": "Validate Instancer Content"
+                },
+                {
+                    "key": "ValidateInstancerFrameRanges",
+                    "label": "Validate Instancer Cache Frame Ranges"
+                },
+                {
+                    "key": "ValidateNoDefaultCameras",
+                    "label": "Validate No Default Cameras"
+                },
+                {
+                    "key": "ValidateUnrealUpAxis",
+                    "label": "Validate Unreal Up-Axis check"
                 }
             ]
         },