Failed to load plugin manifest

Greetings! I have my obsidian in automatic update so it is the latest software.
I have bene encoutering issues with trying to check some new community plugins or load some old ones, and several - for example. timestamp notes, outliner, Day Planner - are all unable to load. In particular, the error message is “failed to load plugin manifest.”

Any solutions? Thank you so much!

Not necessarily :innocent: :sweat_smile:

Obsidian is divided between 2 things:

  1. Obsidian … which can be automatically updated (if the option is toggled On in the settings)
  2. The Installer… which gets updated once in a while but requires to re-download Obsidian to be up-to-date :blush:

You could try and update the installer to see if it helps :woman_shrugging:

I just tried to install Timestamp Notes in the Sandbox vault (latest release of Obsidian and latest installer) but didn’t get any issues :woman_shrugging:

Edit: Have you checked the Github repo of the problematic plugins to see if anyone reported similar issues ?

I’m getting the same error. Some of the plugins just don’t show and i get this same message when clicking to see the description. Only able to manually install plugins. This is very annoying. I updated my installer version, even after having the update, and still am getting this error. I also tried full reinstall, and still I am having the same error.

Which exact plugins are you seeing the issue with? They may not be configured properly on GitHub. If you make a short list, we can check.

It’s also worth having a look at those plugin’s GitHub issue page to see if others are having the same issue.

It seems to be random. After i reset my computer, i get error on different plugins. From the recently launched list i get this error on:

  • Custom Commands
  • logos-refs
  • Byte Field Diagrams
  • Title-Only Tab
  • Water Tracker
  • YTSummarizer
  • aDHL
  • Rainbow Folders Fixer

Is basically every 2 or 3, one doesn’t load. Even if i had it installed before, like solo-toolkit for example. I just was capable of seeing, and then after restart the computer, i can’t. I don’t think it has to do with the plugin itself. Also, i tried editing my post, but couldn’t, so sorry for double posting. There’s a lot more than just the list i posted above.

Also, after restarting obsidian i’m getting this error:

So i can’t even open the plugin page at all now. what is happening… never had this kind of errors with obsidian before.

I haven’t tried them, but was able to download and enable a few from your list without issue.

So, something else is going on. You could try a few of the suggestions listed in this post:

to see if anything helps.


No worries. Once you have made some more posts, created topics, etc., you’ll be able to edit your own posts. It’s a forum default setting for new users.

hi, im having the same issue so i hope to add something. I have 2 main vaults, and in the first one in installed Minimal theme Settings. It installed correctly, and then when i went into the community plugins again to install another thing, it showed the same “cannot read properties of null”. I downloaded the new installer, and nothing. I deleted the plugin folder, and that seemed to fix that issue. Now, i cant open the Minimal Theme Settings in my other vault. Tried the same fix that i described (reinstalling, deleting plugins)and nothing, i get the “failed to load plugin manifest”

Yeah, for me none of the options helped. It seems to be random wich plugin gives the error. What i do know is that my computer or connection didn’t change, and that before latest update i never got this error. I use obsidian for more than 2 years, heavy plugin user, and never once experienced this before.

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