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Available – This tab shows a list of the plugin available to install along with version and additional information just beneath it.There are 3 tabs viz Available, Updates and Installed along with S earch Box and control buttons to install, update, remove and close.
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The dashboard interface is neat, clean and very easy to understand. Start Notepad++ and go to Plugins->Plugin Admin… menu to start the admin dashboard as shown in the below image. You should check your Notepad++ version and update if the Plugins Admin option not visible in the menu or missing. Note:- There is no need to install plugin admin as it comes as a built-in module in Notepad++ starting from version 7.5. Plugin Admin refers to the plugin list, a central repository on Github which maintains a list of Notepad++ plugins and all supporting information like plugin name, version, repository, description, author, homepage.
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No need to download any plugin file, copying to Notepad++, plugin admin does it for you. You can install, update and remove any plugin with just a few clicks. This makes the plugin management job super easy. Plugin Admin is a built-in plugin manager for Notepad++ which helps to install, update, remove the plugins.
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