created: 20160107222430613 modified: 20220617115930635 tags: Plugins title: Manually installing a plugin type: text/vnd.tiddlywiki \rules except wikilink If you want to follow the steps //side by side// you can <>. # 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. https://tiddlywiki.com/plugins/tiddlywiki/katex. You will typically find these links on the home page of the plugin # Drag the link similar to `$:/plugins/tiddlywiki/example` to the browser window containing your TiddlyWiki # Import the new plugin shown in the $:/Import tiddler # 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 $:/core/images/refresh-button>> #* <<.from-version "5.1.22">> It is no longer necessary to refresh TiddlyWiki when deleting plugins that support dynamic loading. See PluginMechanism for more details # The plugin should now be available for use <$macrocall $name=".note" _="More information about installing a plugin form the official plugin library, can be found at [[Installing a plugin from the plugin library]]
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