<![CDATA[Lifecycle of a plugin]]>Hi,

Can someone tell me where to find some info on the lifecycle of a plugin?
Like f.e. the following methods are provided by default:

  • pluginInit
  • pluginCleanUp
  • commandMenuInit
  • commandMenuCleanUp

But when are these called? During startup of notepad++ or every time the plugin is used?

Sorry if I missed this info somewhere.

Thank you

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/23537/lifecycle-of-a-pluginRSS for NodeSun, 14 Jun 2026 03:27:36 GMTWed, 28 Sep 2022 07:21:11 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Lifecycle of a plugin on Wed, 28 Sep 2022 12:00:58 GMT]]>@Ekopalypse said in Lifecycle of a plugin:

@Chris-De-Boeck
These are the methods that are called by Npp when a plugin is loaded (once, at startup).

Thanks, that’s clear now.

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/80148https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/80148Wed, 28 Sep 2022 12:00:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Lifecycle of a plugin on Wed, 28 Sep 2022 10:32:50 GMT]]>@Chris-De-Boeck
I think I understand where this is coming from.
The functions you pointed out are the ones used in the C++ demo, which are just handy functions to make it easier to create a plugin.
What needs to be exported from a plugin is defined here.
These are the methods that are called by Npp when a plugin is loaded (once, at startup).

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/80147https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/80147Wed, 28 Sep 2022 10:32:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Lifecycle of a plugin on Wed, 28 Sep 2022 09:28:46 GMT]]>@Chris-De-Boeck

All this is not needed from a plugin.
See here for a description of what a plugin needs to export.

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/80143https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/80143Wed, 28 Sep 2022 09:28:46 GMT