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Managing Plugins

Select a plugin to view its information in the lower panel. The tabs show:

Tab What it shows
Plugin Info Source, type, author, installed version, and latest version
Description Information from the plugin author
Config JSON or custom configuration for the plugin's capabilities
Changelog Version history, if provided
Diagnostics Loading or error information

Right-click a local plugin to manage it.

local-plugin-context-menu

Common actions include:

  • Delete removes a local plugin or the installed copy of a cloud plugin. Deleting a subscribed cloud plugin does not cancel the subscription.
  • Unsubscribe cancels a cloud plugin subscription and removes its installed copy.
  • Show in folder opens the plugin location on your computer.
  • Reinstall installs the plugin again from its source file.

Use Refresh if you installed, updated, or subscribed to a plugin and the list has not changed yet.

Plugin Status

The Status column shows one of:

Status Meaning
Activated The plugin is loaded and ready to use.
Loading The plugin is still being installed or loaded.
Inactive The plugin is installed but not activated. Check its Activate box to load it.
Error The plugin could not be loaded and is blocked until the error is fixed.
RuntimeError The plugin is loaded, but one of its features reported an error (for example, a printer connection whose ID is already used by another plugin or a built-in connection). The plugin stays activated; the affected feature is turned off.

The Activate box shows whether the plugin is loaded. Deactivating a plugin clears its error. Open the Diagnostics tab for the error details.

Orphaned and Missing Plugins

A cloud plugin you are no longer subscribed to, or that is no longer available in OrcaCloud, is shown as Orphaned. Its local copy stays installed and can still be used, but it can no longer be reinstalled or updated from the cloud. Use Delete to remove it.

If OrcaSlicer finds installed plugins whose files were deleted from your computer, it lists them and offers to remove them from OrcaSlicer.

Permissions

When a plugin tries to access files outside the folders OrcaSlicer allows by default, connect to the network, or start a program, OrcaSlicer asks for your permission, and remembers most answers for that plugin. Installing a plugin again, using Reinstall, or updating it clears the remembered permissions, so the new version has to ask again.

Disabling a plugin or one of its capabilities removes it from workflows that use it. Presets that refer to an inactive or missing capability show a missing-plugin notification and cannot be sliced until the reference is resolved or the setting is changed.

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