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Initiated September 2017

Installing a plugin from the plugin library

20th July 2016 at 10:58am

Standalone Configuration

Follow these instructions when using TiddlyWiki as a standalone HTML file:

  1. Create a backup of your current TiddlyWiki HTML file (just in case)
  2. Open your TiddlyWiki in a browser
  3. Open the control panel , click on the Plugins tab and then the Get more plugins button
  4. Click open plugin library to open the official plugin library
  5. When the library listing is loaded:
    1. Use the tab to select between plugins, themes and languages
    2. Use the search box to search the plugin details
  6. Click the install button to install a plugin
  7. Save your TiddlyWiki
  8. Refresh the page so that TiddlyWiki loads the new plugin
  9. The plugin should now be available for use

Client-Server Configuration

Follow these instructions when using TiddlyWiki under Node.js:

  1. Identify the plugins you want to install using the Plugins tab of control panel (don't install the plugins from here, though). Plugins are identified by their type (ie language, theme or plugin) and their publisher and title. For example, the plugin $:/plugins/tiddlywiki/internals is referred to as tiddlywiki/internals
  2. Quit the server if it is running
  3. Edit the tiddlywiki.info file (it is in JSON format) and locate the plugins, themes or languages section (see below)
  4. Add entries corresponding to the plugins you wish to add. Take care to retain commas to separate items, but do not terminate the last item in a list with a comma
  5. Restart the server
{
	"plugins": [
		"tiddlywiki/codemirror"
	],
	"themes": [
		"tiddlywiki/vanilla",
		"tiddlywiki/snowwhite"
	],
    "languages": [
        "es-ES",
        "fr-FR",
        "en-EN"
    ]
}