Just to explain, I tried installing a compare plugin, but it failed with the Installation of Compare Failed message.

In that case, use the Manual Installation method. The plugin may not be available in this list. There may not be the Plugin Manager available or sometimes, installation does not work using it. 64 bit version is without “Plugin Manager” (and NppExport) #2459 2.Installer doesn’t install plugins manager #3634.As the Plugin Manager is also a plugin, you can use the same method to install it as well. If that is the case with you, you can use below manual method. This is the most preferred and used method until the time Plugin Manager is Removed from the repository by the developer. Would you like to do this now?” Click on Yes to restart the Notepad++ to see installed plugin under the Plugins menu. Post-installation you get the message “ Notepad++ needs to be restarted for changes to take effect. The plugin manager downloads the plugin from the respective online repository and installs it. When you select the plugin you can see additional information like Author, Source, Homepage, etc Plugin Manager shows information like Plugin Name, Category, Available Version, Stability. In the available list tab, search for the combine plugin and select it and click the Install button. Installed – List of all Installed plugins.Updates – Plugins for which updates are available.Available – List of all available plugins.This opens a plugin manager that shows all Available, Updates, and Installed plugins for your Notepadd++ installation.

You can also use Keyword short cur Alt+P to open the menu. Launch Notepad++ and Navigate to Plugins->Plugin Manager->Show Plugin Manager. We are going to use Combine and Compare plugin to demonstrate installation. You can install, update, uninstall plugins using the Plugin Manager. It lists all the active and installed plugins. Notepad++ has a separate menu Plugins to manage the plugins repository. Install Notepad++ plugin using Plugin Manager One using plugin manager/Admin and another manual method. There are two methods available to install a plugin. So let’s see how to install Plugins in Notepad++. Refer to the Directory for Notepad++ plugins for a complete list of plugins. There are a good number of plugins available for Notepad++ like Combine, Compare, NppFTP, and many more.

Installing notepad++ plugins