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 <<open-external-window "https://tiddlywiki.com/plugins/tiddlywiki/katex">>. 

# 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-dynamic>>)

# 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]]<br>An overview can be found at [[Plugins]]"/>