diff --git a/yazi-plugin/src/utils/call.rs b/yazi-plugin/src/utils/call.rs
index e22a9b1f..102b824d 100644
--- a/yazi-plugin/src/utils/call.rs
+++ b/yazi-plugin/src/utils/call.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use mlua::{ExternalError, Function, Lua, Table};
 use tokio::sync::mpsc;
+use yazi_binding::deprecate;
 use yazi_dds::Sendable;
 use yazi_macro::emit;
 use yazi_shared::{Layer, Source, event::Action};
@@ -15,6 +16,19 @@ impl Utils {
 		})
 	}
 
+	pub(super) fn mgr_emit(lua: &Lua) -> mlua::Result<Function> {
+		lua.create_function(|lua, (name, args): (String, Table)| {
+			deprecate!(lua, "ya.mgr_emit() has been deprecated since v25.5.28 and will soon-to-be removed in a future release. \n\nUse ya.emit() in your {} instead, see #2653 for details: https://github.com/sxyazi/yazi/pull/2653");
+			emit!(Call(Action {
+				name:   name.into(),
+				args:   Sendable::table_to_args(lua, args)?,
+				layer:  Layer::Mgr,
+				source: Source::Emit,
+			}));
+			Ok(())
+		})
+	}
+
 	pub(super) fn exec(lua: &Lua) -> mlua::Result<Function> {
 		lua.create_async_function(|lua, (name, args): (String, Table)| async move {
 			let mut action = Action::new(name, Source::Emit, Some(Layer::Mgr))?;
diff --git a/yazi-plugin/src/utils/utils.rs b/yazi-plugin/src/utils/utils.rs
index 1c886df0..10245716 100644
--- a/yazi-plugin/src/utils/utils.rs
+++ b/yazi-plugin/src/utils/utils.rs
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ pub fn compose(
 
 			// Call
 			b"emit" => Utils::emit(lua)?,
+			b"mgr_emit" => Utils::mgr_emit(lua)?,
 			b"exec" => Utils::exec(lua)?,
 
 			// Image