Making this information available on the Plugin Development forum will help removing the cause of the problem as soon as possible. In such a case, you will be presented with information about the plugin reporting a problem. If a plugin misbehaves, Notepad++ will go out of its way to prevent the failure from propagating so as to avoid any loss of data. There is even a plugin, called Plugin Manager, which works out the installation details and version management for you. Plugins can be found anywhere on the internet, but a large can be found in the Notepad++ Plugins project on. The plugin has to match this version, otherwise it will not work (Notepad++ will warn you about this). Be careful to make sure your version of Notepad++ is up-to-date enough for new plugins and that the plugin is compatible with Notepad++ (some very old plugins will not work with newer versions of Notepad++, it is up to the developer of the plugin to add support or not).Ĭurrently, Notepad++ can be found in an (older) ANSI version and the newer Unicode version. Later, you can add plugins using the Settings -> Import -> Import plugins menu.

When Notepad++ starts, it looks into its Plugins configuration folder and loads whatever dll it finds. They are DLL files and simply removing or adding them is enough. The plugins are located in the Plugins directory in the main Notepad++ installation directory. Notepad++ comes bundled with a few plugins (when using the installer, you can choose which ones to add), but you can always add your own or remove some.

Plugins are small or big additions to Notepad++ to enhance its functionality. You must manually open the file from Notepad, or you may want to use a third-party text editor such as Notepad++ (). Notepad++ is very extensible using so called plugins.

Install notepad++ plugins manually