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Plugin settings

Turn plugins and widgets on or off, approve new custom widgets, and set plugin options.

Preferences, Plugins has two pages: Installed (shown as Manage below) and Plugin settings. Changes apply immediately.

The pane heading is “Plugins”: Turn widgets and plugins on or off. Sections appear only when they have content.

Control What it does Default Notes
Widgets: one card per widget, with an on/off switch Shows or removes that overlay widget. A card may say “Includes: …” for bundled services. Per widget Turning a widget off stops it now and removes its UI.
Custom widgets: one row per widget, with switch Enables a widget you added by dropping a folder in place. Per widget A widget awaiting your decision cannot be switched on. See the approval rows below.
Needs approval / Wants more access / Not installed (badge) Approval state of a third-party custom widget. n/a Built-in widgets show no badge.
Settings (gear icon, custom widget) Opens that widget’s own options inline. Shown only if the widget declares options
Allow / Allow changes Approves the whole permission list the widget asks for. n/a One decision for everything listed. Each line is marked Required, Optional or Every widget.
Don’t install Declines the widget and revokes the list. n/a
Review / Collapse Reopen or fold a decided widget’s permission list. n/a You can still switch single permissions off later under Privacy & Security.
Plugins: one row per optional plugin, with switch Turns the plugin on or off. Per plugin A confirmation (“Turn off X?”) lists other plugins that depend on it and turn off too. A plugin off because one it needs is off shows a greyed row with the reason.
Details chevron (plugin row) Shows the plugin’s resources (each with its own switch) and “Depends on / Required by”. collapsed Resource switches are disabled while the plugin is off.
Core (collapsed, “Show N core plugins”) Lists plugins that cannot be turned off, badged Always on. collapsed Advanced; for reference only.

See also Custom widgets.

Pane heading: “Plugin Settings” (Configure plugin-specific settings.). One group per plugin that publishes options; the plugin decides the controls, so the list varies with what is installed.

Control What it does Default Notes
Group per plugin Holds that plugin’s options. n/a Each row shows the plugin’s own label and description.
Option rows A switch, number, text or drop-down depending on the option. The plugin’s declared default Saved the moment you change them.
“No plugin settings available.” Shown when no installed plugin publishes options. n/a