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 ({{$:/core/images/save-button}})
# If a yellow warning bar appears at the top of the window,  refresh the window so that TiddlyWiki completes installation of the plugin {{$:/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