Search and select the required plugin let’s say Json Viewer Plugin and click the Install Button. This opens the main dashboard (discussed above). Start Notepad++ and go to Plugins-> Plugin Admin… menu. Note:- You need admin access on the desktop as plugin files are copied/removed from the installation folder and also make sure to save work before proceeding as this process restarts notepad++ after install, update and removal of the plugin. You just need to search and select the plugin and click install, update or remove button for the respective task. Just enter some character and plugin displays matching plugin. There is a search box as well which you can use to search the plugin. Installed – This tab shows a list of the plugin Installed.

Updates – This tab shows a list of the plugin available to Update.Available – This tab shows a list of the plugin available to install along with version and additional information just beneath it.There are 3 tabs viz Available, Updates and Installed along with S earch Box and control buttons to install, update, remove and close. The dashboard interface is neat, clean and very easy to understand. Start Notepad++ and go to Plugins->Plugin Admin… menu to start the admin dashboard as shown in the below image. You should check your Notepad++ version and update if the Plugins Admin option not visible in the menu or missing. Note:- There is no need to install plugin admin as it comes as a built-in module in Notepad++ starting from version 7.5. Plugin Admin refers to the plugin list, a central repository on Github which maintains a list of Notepad++ plugins and all supporting information like plugin name, version, repository, description, author, homepage.

No need to download any plugin file, copying to Notepad++, plugin admin does it for you. You can install, update and remove any plugin with just a few clicks. This makes the plugin management job super easy. Plugin Admin is a built-in plugin manager for Notepad++ which helps to install, update, remove the plugins.

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