diff --git a/openpype/settings/defaults/project_settings/maya.json b/openpype/settings/defaults/project_settings/maya.json
index 0fd4f9e18a..19d8667002 100644
--- a/openpype/settings/defaults/project_settings/maya.json
+++ b/openpype/settings/defaults/project_settings/maya.json
@@ -869,7 +869,6 @@
                     "dynamics": false,
                     "fluids": false,
                     "follicles": false,
-                    "gpuCacheDisplayFilter": false,
                     "greasePencils": false,
                     "grid": false,
                     "hairSystems": true,
@@ -896,7 +895,10 @@
                     "polymeshes": true,
                     "strokes": false,
                     "subdivSurfaces": false,
-                    "textures": false
+                    "textures": false,
+                    "pluginObjects": {
+                        "gpuCacheDisplayFilter": false
+                    }
                 },
                 "Camera Options": {
                     "displayGateMask": false,
diff --git a/openpype/settings/entities/schemas/projects_schema/schemas/schema_maya_capture.json b/openpype/settings/entities/schemas/projects_schema/schemas/schema_maya_capture.json
index a4a986bad8..1d78f5a03f 100644
--- a/openpype/settings/entities/schemas/projects_schema/schemas/schema_maya_capture.json
+++ b/openpype/settings/entities/schemas/projects_schema/schemas/schema_maya_capture.json
@@ -426,11 +426,6 @@
                             "key": "follicles",
                             "label": "Follicles"
                         },
-                        {
-                            "type": "boolean",
-                            "key": "gpuCacheDisplayFilter",
-                            "label": "GPU Cache"
-                        },
                         {
                             "type": "boolean",
                             "key": "greasePencils",
@@ -565,6 +560,12 @@
                             "type": "boolean",
                             "key": "textures",
                             "label": "Texture Placements"
+                        },
+                        {
+                            "type": "dict-modifiable",
+                            "key": "pluginObjects",
+                            "label": "Plugin Objects",
+                            "object_type": "boolean"
                         }
                     ]
                 },
diff --git a/openpype/vendor/python/common/capture.py b/openpype/vendor/python/common/capture.py
index 09a42d84d1..224699f916 100644
--- a/openpype/vendor/python/common/capture.py
+++ b/openpype/vendor/python/common/capture.py
@@ -732,11 +732,23 @@ def _applied_viewport_options(options, panel):
     """Context manager for applying `options` to `panel`"""
 
     options = dict(ViewportOptions, **(options or {}))
+    plugin_options = options.pop("pluginObjects", {})
 
+    # BUGFIX Maya 2020 some keys in viewport options dict may not be unicode
+    #        This is a local OpenPype edit to capture.py for issue #4730
+    # TODO: Remove when dropping Maya 2020 compatibility
+    if int(cmds.about(version=True)) <= 2020:
+        options = {
+            str(key): value for key, value in options.items()
+        }
+        plugin_options = {
+            str(key): value for key, value in plugin_options.items()
+        }
+
+    # Backwards compatibility for `pluginObjects` flattened into `options`
     # separate the plugin display filter options since they need to
     # be set differently (see #55)
-    plugins = cmds.pluginDisplayFilter(query=True, listFilters=True)
-    plugin_options = dict()
+    plugins = set(cmds.pluginDisplayFilter(query=True, listFilters=True))
     for plugin in plugins:
         if plugin in options:
             plugin_options[plugin] = options.pop(plugin)
@@ -745,7 +757,14 @@ def _applied_viewport_options(options, panel):
     try:
         cmds.modelEditor(panel, edit=True, **options)
     except TypeError as e:
-        logger.error("Cannot apply options {}".format(e))
+        # Try to set as much as possible of the state by setting them one by
+        # one. This way we can also report the failing key values explicitly.
+        for key, value in options.items():
+            try:
+                cmds.modelEditor(panel, edit=True, **{key: value})
+            except TypeError:
+                logger.error("Failing to apply option '{}': {}".format(key,
+                                                                       value))
 
     # plugin display filter options
     for plugin, state in plugin_options.items():