Introduction

There are several ways in which official plugins and custom plugins can be installed when using TiddlyWiki with a Node.js client-server configuration.

Plugin Load Order

Using the Node.js client-server configuration plugins are activated in the following order:

1. Plugins found using the OS environment variables
   • See: PluginFolders
   • and: Environment Variables on Node.js
2. Plugins stored in the wiki /plugins path
   • See: PluginFolders
3. Plugins specified in the command line
   • See: Using TiddlyWiki on Node.js ... the notes about Introduced in v5.1.20
4. Plugins imported by drag and drop as wiki content
   • See: Installing a plugin from the plugin library or Manually installing a plugin

Important:

• Elements lower in the list take precedence
• Including a plugin as an ordinary tiddler by drag and drop into the browser, will result in the plugin only being active in the browser
  • It will not be available under Node.js

Option 1:

• Using a Node.js configuration option 1 is the most common one
• It lowers maintenence, because all plugins can be updated in one go

Option 2:

• Option 2 is preferred if you want to work with a fixed configuration
• Plugin updates only effect the corresponding wiki

Option 3:

• This option allows to add and start an edition without the need to overwrite an existing tiddlywiki.info file
• It allows you to start any edition as a client-server edition, even if the tiddlywiki.info file didn't specify it.

Option 4:

• Is the exact same mechanism used for a single-file wiki
• This mechanism should only be used in a Node.js configuration for testing and debugging purposes, since the plugins are stored in the tiddlers/ directory