TiddlyWiki5/core/language/en-GB/Help/load.tid

title: $:/language/Help/load
description: Load tiddlers from a file

Load tiddlers from TiddlyWiki (`.html`), `.tiddler`, `.tid`, `.json` or other local files. The processing applied to incoming files is determined by the file extension. Use the alternative `import` command if you need to specify the deserializer and encoding explicitly.

```
--load <filepath>
--load <dirpath>
```

To load tiddlers from an encrypted TiddlyWiki file you should first specify the password with the PasswordCommand. For example:

```
tiddlywiki ./MyWiki --password pa55w0rd --load my_encrypted_wiki.html
```

Note that TiddlyWiki will not load an older version of an already loaded plugin.
Move command documentation into the core 2014-02-25 14:50:37 +00:00			`title: $:/language/Help/load`
			`description: Load tiddlers from a file`

Docs updates 2017-11-09 16:07:01 +00:00			Load tiddlers from TiddlyWiki (`.html`), `.tiddler`, `.tid`, `.json` or other local files. The processing applied to incoming files is determined by the file extension. Use the alternative `import` command if you need to specify the deserializer and encoding explicitly.
Move command documentation into the core 2014-02-25 14:50:37 +00:00
			```
			`--load <filepath>`
Update load command docs 2017-07-12 16:13:59 +00:00			`--load <dirpath>`
Move command documentation into the core 2014-02-25 14:50:37 +00:00			```

			`To load tiddlers from an encrypted TiddlyWiki file you should first specify the password with the PasswordCommand. For example:`

			```
			`tiddlywiki ./MyWiki --password pa55w0rd --load my_encrypted_wiki.html`
			```
Fix problem with `--load` command overwriting `$:/core` Now we use the `wiki.importTiddler()` method - it rejects attempts to load older versions of loaded plugins 2014-03-31 11:46:10 +00:00
			`Note that TiddlyWiki will not load an older version of an already loaded plugin.`