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