diff --git a/client/ayon_core/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/validate_rendersettings.py b/client/ayon_core/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/validate_rendersettings.py
index 78a247b3f2..7badfdc027 100644
--- a/client/ayon_core/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/validate_rendersettings.py
+++ b/client/ayon_core/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/validate_rendersettings.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ from ayon_core.pipeline.publish import (
     RepairAction,
     ValidateContentsOrder,
     PublishValidationError,
+    OptionalPyblishPluginMixin
 )
 from ayon_core.hosts.maya.api import lib
 from ayon_core.hosts.maya.api.lib_rendersettings import RenderSettings
@@ -37,7 +38,8 @@ def get_redshift_image_format_labels():
     return mel.eval("{0}={0}".format(var))
 
 
-class ValidateRenderSettings(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin):
+class ValidateRenderSettings(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin,
+                             OptionalPyblishPluginMixin):
     """Validates the global render settings
 
     * File Name Prefix must start with: `<Scene>`
@@ -55,7 +57,7 @@ class ValidateRenderSettings(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin):
     * Frame Padding must be:
         * default: 4
 
-    * Animation must be toggle on, in Render Settings - Common tab:
+    * Animation must be toggled on, in Render Settings - Common tab:
         * vray: Animation on standard of specific
         * arnold: Frame / Animation ext: Any choice without "(Single Frame)"
         * redshift: Animation toggled on
@@ -67,10 +69,11 @@ class ValidateRenderSettings(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin):
     """
 
     order = ValidateContentsOrder
-    label = "Render Settings"
+    label = "Validate Render Settings"
     hosts = ["maya"]
     families = ["renderlayer"]
     actions = [RepairAction]
+    optional = True
 
     ImagePrefixes = {
         'mentalray': 'defaultRenderGlobals.imageFilePrefix',
@@ -112,6 +115,8 @@ class ValidateRenderSettings(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin):
     DEFAULT_PREFIX = "<Scene>/<RenderLayer>/<RenderLayer>_<RenderPass>"
 
     def process(self, instance):
+        if not self.is_active(instance.data):
+            return
 
         invalid = self.get_invalid(instance)
         if invalid:
diff --git a/server_addon/maya/server/settings/publishers.py b/server_addon/maya/server/settings/publishers.py
index 8dcffbb59a..460df803f2 100644
--- a/server_addon/maya/server/settings/publishers.py
+++ b/server_addon/maya/server/settings/publishers.py
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ class ValidateAttributesModel(BaseSettingsModel):
 
         if not success:
             raise BadRequestException(
-                "The attibutes can't be parsed as json object"
+                "The attributes can't be parsed as json object"
             )
         return value
 
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ class ValidateUnrealStaticMeshNameModel(BaseSettingsModel):
     enabled: bool = SettingsField(title="ValidateUnrealStaticMeshName")
     optional: bool = SettingsField(title="Optional")
     validate_mesh: bool = SettingsField(title="Validate mesh names")
-    validate_collision: bool = SettingsField(title="Validate collison names")
+    validate_collision: bool = SettingsField(title="Validate collision names")
 
 
 class ValidateCycleErrorModel(BaseSettingsModel):
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ class ValidatePluginPathAttributesModel(BaseSettingsModel):
     and the node attribute is <b>abc_file</b>
     """
 
-    enabled: bool = True
+    enabled: bool = SettingsField(title="Enabled")
     optional: bool = SettingsField(title="Optional")
     active: bool = SettingsField(title="Active")
     attribute: list[ValidatePluginPathAttributesAttrModel] = SettingsField(
@@ -310,6 +310,9 @@ class RendererAttributesModel(BaseSettingsModel):
 
 
 class ValidateRenderSettingsModel(BaseSettingsModel):
+    enabled: bool = SettingsField(title="Enabled")
+    optional: bool = SettingsField(title="Optional")
+    active: bool = SettingsField(title="Active")
     arnold_render_attributes: list[RendererAttributesModel] = SettingsField(
         default_factory=list, title="Arnold Render Attributes")
     vray_render_attributes: list[RendererAttributesModel] = SettingsField(
@@ -613,7 +616,7 @@ class ExtractGPUCacheModel(BaseSettingsModel):
         title="Optimize Animations For Motion Blur"
     )
     writeMaterials: bool = SettingsField(title="Write Materials")
-    useBaseTessellation: bool = SettingsField(title="User Base Tesselation")
+    useBaseTessellation: bool = SettingsField(title="User Based Tessellation")
 
 
 class PublishersModel(BaseSettingsModel):
@@ -1171,6 +1174,8 @@ DEFAULT_PUBLISH_SETTINGS = {
         ]
     },
     "ValidateRenderSettings": {
+        "enabled": True,
+        "optional": False,
         "arnold_render_attributes": [],
         "vray_render_attributes": [],
         "redshift_render_attributes": [],