notepad++ plugin manager shows no available plugins

Question

I remember the manager shows a list of available plugins by default but I find it does not. Could something be wrong?

Answer 1

I find the reason.

My computer is in a LAN and the browser is using a proxy. I add the proxy for the plugin manager and update the plugin manager.

After all, it works.

Answer 2

Also, make sure the plugin manager is itself updated !

You will need to launch Notepad++ as an administrator because the plugin are saved/updated under %ProgramFiles/ which is protected

Go to Plugins / Plugin Manager / Tab Updates and check if plugin manager has an update. Relaunch and voilà.

Answer 3

I know this was answered a long time ago, but, a similarly-looking problem made me google, and land here.

Problem : Plugin Manager doesn't show in the Plugins Menu.

Why : You downloaded the 64-bit NPP version, and Plugin Manager doesn't support 64 Bit.

Solution : Uninstall, and Install 32 bit version.

Note : Directly from the download website, right next to the url it says that Plugin Manager won't work (lol), I didn't even read it just clicked 64-bit download, and while writing this post I figured that out. Anyhow if I missed it the first time, odds are someone else will also miss it hence my post.

Answer 4

If the all of the above fail, try this:

1. Manually download the plugin .
2. Then from menu settings → import → import plugin, navigate to the plugin (.dll) location.
3. Load the file.

Check the Plugin menu, the new plugin will be listed there.

Answer 5

Hey i had this problem,

• the error was because i was using 1.0.8v (and this version there was no service or it was outdated)

FIX: just update to the most current version, you can find it here: https://github.com/bruderstein/nppPluginManager/releases

32 Bits or 64 Bits, i recommend users of notepad++ to use 32bits, because there's much more Plugins comparing to 64bits, you can also download both.

Answer 6

I recently had this issue on Notepad++ 7.3.1 and to fix it, I opened Notepad++ as administrator, navigated the menus Plugins > Plugin Manager > Show Plugin Manager, then go to the Installed tab, select "Plugin Manager" and click Reinstall. Notepad ++ restarts and then the plugins list loads properly.

After which, you can update Plugin Manager using the same dialog under the Updates tab.

Answer 7

This happened to me after installing Notepad++ from chocolatey. But there was a solution right in the plugin manager itself, hidden under Settings button.

Place empty file called allowAppDataPlugins.xml in the Notepad++ directory.

(Meaning the directory where notepad++.exe is, mine was in standard C:\Program Files (x86)\Notepad++.)

After I created this file (just copy and rename readme.txt for example) and restarted Notepad++, plugin manager was showing plugins again.

Answer 8

All solutions did not work for me and/or were too much complicated.

This did the trick:

1. Open Plugin Manager
2. Settings
3. Enable these checkboxes (maybe one of these is enough [I guess the HTTP one])
   • Show unstable plugins
   • Force HTTP instead of HTTPS [...]
   • User development plugin list [...]
4. OK

List is refresehed and filled.

Open Settings again and change back to your previous/prefered configuration. List will still be filled.

Answer 9

Add manually plugin manager then its works.

https://sourceforge.net/projects/npppluginmgr/

Answer 10

I enter the proxy that my web browser was using in my corporate environment and it worked.

I didn't need to enter a port number but it depends on your proxy configuration!

Compare is an indispensable plugin, especially when comparing Cisco router configs.

Answer 11

I had this issue but it turned out to be quite simple, the firewall was blocking it.

Important:

When the plugin manager can't connect it will still say no plugins available. Once it receives its first list it will display the same list even if it can't connect. It loads them in as though it just connected but it actually hasn't. This should be improved.

Answer 12

Try changing the language to "English". It worked for me.

Answer 13

This may be just another reason to have a play in the game. If you do not use internet explorer / egde anywhere around your machine and furthermore / nevertheless set your (windows / internet options) cookie policy to "ask" for first and "block" for third party cookies,
np++ plugin manager will also fail to download the plugin list.

See the following screenshot for the AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache folder, showing cookies and management data.

There seems to be no other workaround than activating first and third party cookies temporarily along with np++ plugin manager usage (and delete / reset back afterwards).

Answer 14

{for notepad++}download plugin manager and then extract it then find "pluginmanager.dll"copy the file and paste it in C://program files(x86)/notepad++/plugins..[here].(if plugin manager is already there--simply skip this.--) https://sourceforge.net/projects/npppluginmgr/

then download python script plugin, and install it, extract it whatever process(you will be guided)then find "pythonscript.dll" copy the file and paste it in c://programs files(x86)/notepad++/plugins.....done. https://sourceforge.net/projects/npppythonscript/?source=typ_redirect

now you are ready to rock..

Answer 15

Add a file called - allowAppDataPlugins.xml To - C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\Notepad++

restart Notepad++

Fixes most issues

Answer 16

I faced the similiar problem. The issue is your OS's firewall is preventing notepad ++ from connecting to the internet. So go to your firewall setting and add exception for the "Notepad++ " .