

What if you still want to install and use an old plugin manager? The new version of Notepad++ comes with an in-built manager called Plugin Admin. You may find the Notepad++ plugin manager missing if you install Notepad++ version 7.5 and onward. The local plugin list file is only downloaded when something has changed – the MD5sum of the file is compared to the server’s version, and if it is different, then a new copy is downloaded.Plugin Manager is able to update itself and will notify the user when an update is available.

This slightly mitigates the risk of automatically downloading updates. Validation of DLLs copied, against a central list of valid files.Automatic installation of the correct version (ANSI/Unicode) for your Notepad++.Automatically manage dependencies between plugins.Notify when an update for an installed plugin is available, and allow the user to update directly.

