TiddlyWiki5/editions/tw5.com/tiddlers/plugins/Manually installing a plugin.tid

created: 20160107222430613
modified: 20190927205631648
tags: Plugins
title: Manually installing a plugin
type: text/vnd.tiddlywiki

# Create a backup of your current TiddlyWiki HTML file ([[just in case|The First Rule of Using TiddlyWiki]])
# Open your TiddlyWiki in a browser
# In another browser window, find a link to the plugin, e.g. [[$:/plugins/tiddlywiki/example]]. You will typically find these links on the home page of the plugin (for example, https://tiddlywiki.com/plugins/tiddlywiki/katex/)
# Drag the link [[$:/plugins/tiddlywiki/example]] to the browser window containing your TiddlyWiki
# Save your TiddlyWiki (<<.icon $:/core/images/save-button>>)
# If a yellow warning bar appears at the top of the window,  refresh the window so that TiddlyWiki completes installation of the plugin <<.icon $:/core/images/refresh-button>>
#* <<.from-version "5.1.22">> It is no longer necessary to refresh TiddlyWiki when deleting plugins that support dynamic loading. See PluginMechanism for more details
# The plugin should now be available for use
Docs updates 2016-01-07 23:00:38 +00:00			`created: 20160107222430613`
Plugin docs updates 2019-09-27 20:57:46 +00:00			`modified: 20190927205631648`
Docs updates 2016-01-07 23:00:38 +00:00			`tags: Plugins`
			`title: Manually installing a plugin`
			`type: text/vnd.tiddlywiki`

			`# Create a backup of your current TiddlyWiki HTML file ([[just in case\|The First Rule of Using TiddlyWiki]])`
			`# Open your TiddlyWiki in a browser`
Change http://.tiddlywiki.com/ to https:// 2017-11-11 11:56:20 +00:00			`# In another browser window, find a link to the plugin, e.g. [[$:/plugins/tiddlywiki/example]]. You will typically find these links on the home page of the plugin (for example, https://tiddlywiki.com/plugins/tiddlywiki/katex/)`
Docs updates 2016-01-07 23:00:38 +00:00			`# Drag the link [[$:/plugins/tiddlywiki/example]] to the browser window containing your TiddlyWiki`
Fix sizes of SVG icons in documentation Fixes #4153 2019-10-13 14:35:36 +00:00			`# Save your TiddlyWiki (<<.icon $:/core/images/save-button>>)`
			`# If a yellow warning bar appears at the top of the window, refresh the window so that TiddlyWiki completes installation of the plugin <<.icon $:/core/images/refresh-button>>`
Plugin docs updates 2019-09-27 20:57:46 +00:00			`#* <<.from-version "5.1.22">> It is no longer necessary to refresh TiddlyWiki when deleting plugins that support dynamic loading. See PluginMechanism for more details`
Docs updates 2016-01-07 23:00:38 +00:00			`# The plugin should now be available for use`