Notepad++ Plugin Manager

When you install Notepad++ (latest version 7.5.1), the plugin manager isn’t automatically included anymore. That’s because many Notepad++ users didn’t like the sponsored commercials in the latest versions of plugin manager. So, you will have to download the plugin manager manually and add the downloaded files to your Notepad++ install directory.

You can download the plugin manager for Notepad++ version 7.5.1 via the following Link (32-bit or 64-bit)
Next copy the extracted files to your notepad++ plugins and updater folder.

 

 

Notepad++ Comparer plugin

Encountered an annoying issue that I couldn’t install the Comparer plugin in Notepad++ anymore. There’s a simple solution as explained in this post of DavidTan.org. I copied the steps for easy reference:

1. Goto notepad++ plugins donwload page at Sourceforge here

2. Select ComparePlugin from the plugins table and download ComparePluginx.x.x.unicode.zip.

3. Inside the downloaded zip file, you will find the ComparePlugin.dll. Unzip and place this into your Notepad++ plugins directory (which is usually at C:\Program Files\Notepad++\plugins)

4. That’s it. You get to compare your 2 text files in Notepad++ once again