[plugins] How to view Plugin Manager in Notepad++

I downloaded Notepad++ from https://notepad-plus-plus.org/repository/7.x/7.5.1/npp.7.5.1.Installer.x64.exe.

And I installed the same. Now I need to install few plugins, but in the menu option Plugins there are only Converter and MIME tools listed, but not Plugin Manager.

Edit: They have removed Plugin Manager with the version 7.5. Still it can be added by following @johnny 's instruction in the best solution. P.S: The plugin manager is only supporting the 32-bit version.

Latest version of Notepad++ got a new built-in plugin manager which works nicely.

1. You can download the latest Plugin Manager version PluginManager_latest_version_x64.zip.

2. Unzip the file.

3. Copy

PluginManager_latest_version_x64.zip\updater\gpup.exe

into

path-to-installed-notepad\notepad++\updater\

4. Copy

PluginManager_latest_version_x64.zip\plugins\PluginManager.dll

into

path-to-installed-notepad\notepad++\plugins\

5. Start or restart Notepad++.
6. Enjoy!

My system was 32 bit. I removed and re-installed Notepad++. After that from below got PluginManager_v1.4.12_UNI.zip and extracted it.

https://github.com/bruderstein/nppPluginManager/releases

I created a folder called PluginManager at C:\Program Files (x86)\Notepad++\plugins\ and copied PluginManager.dll into it. I restarted my notepad++ and now I see Plugin Manager.

To install a plugin without Plugin Manager:

1. Download your plugin and extract contents in a folder. You will find a .dll file inside. Copy it.
2. Open C:\Program Files (x86)\Notepad++\pluginsand paste the .dll
3. Run Notepad++

I changed the plugin folder name. Restart Notepad ++ It works now, a

A direct process to install / configure Plugin Manager :

1. Download the latest version of NotepadPlus Plugin Manager from the official Github handle.
2. Extract the zip file.
3. Copy the pluginmanager.dll file and paste in C:\Program Files\Notepad++\Plugins\PluginManager directory.
4. Restart the Notepad++

Note: Create the PluginManager directory if it is not present.

Notepad v7.6 includes a Plugin Admin and from this you can install Plugin Manager(note1) but it doesn't work fine with npp v7.6(note2)

On the other hand Plugin Admin is only available on NPP "Setup version" and after following conditions

• on Custom installation, "Plugin Admin" checkbox is enabled
• on Choose Components "Don't use %APPDATA%" checkbox is disabled

Plugin Admin will place plugins at C:\ProgramData\Notepad++\plugins

(note1)Installation from Plugin Admin is not complete and \updater\gpup.exe is missing (note2) Plugin manager is not using new plugins path and folder structure; from version 7.6 npp Plugins will be stored in individual folders (having same name than file.dll)

If you want to use npp7.6 portable, you can copy updater folder from Setup version, copy plugins from Setup version, or copy Plugins from npp v<7.6 and place each one in a individual folder.

Follow the steps given below:

1. Download Plugin Manager from here.

   • You can find the most updated version in the release section in the Git repository:

2. Extract the contents of zip file under "C:\Program Files\Notepad++"

3. Restart Notepad++

That's it !!

The way to install plugins seems to have changed, the previous answers here did not work for me.

The current (checked with 7.8.1) way to install plugins is to install it in a sub folder:

The plugin (in the DLL form) should be placed in the plugins subfolder of the Notepad++ Install Folder, under the subfolder with the same name of plugin binary name without file extension. For example, if the plugin you want to install named myAwesomePlugin.dll, you should install it with the following path: %PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Notepad++\plugins\myAwesomePlugin\myAwesomePlugin.dll

from https://npp-user-manual.org/docs/plugins/

So PluginManager.dll goes into PluginManager sub folder.

It can be installed with one command for N++ installer version:

choco install notepadplusplus-nppPluginManager