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.