Plug-in package installation is really easy. Just double click the plug-in package and follow the instructions.

Note

For SDL Trados Studio version older than 2015 please install the SDL Plugin Installer from here. During development you can configure the output path of the project to point to c:\Users\[username]\AppData\Roaming\SDL\SDL Trados Studio\[StudioVersionNumber]\Plugins\Packages. This is already configured if you created the project with one of the project templates available in the Add token content here. For more information on this, see For more information on this, see Setting up a Developer Machine.

The following warning message will be shown while SDL Trados Studio starts:

To avoid this message from appearing, you need to submit your plug-in package to SDL for verification. Once verified, your plug-in package will be signed by SDL and no warning message will appear anymore. To verify the plugin please send an email to app-signing@sdl.com with a link from where the plugin can be downloaded for verification. Once the verification is done you will receive an answer email with a download link from where you will be able to obtain the signed version of the plugin.

Once SDL Trados Studio has started up, go to the Tools->Plug-ins dialog and notice that "MyPlugin" is now listed as a plug-in and is ready to be used.

Once deployed, you can update your plug-in package by increasing the version in the plug-in package manifest (see Plug-in deployment). Now simply double click the plug-in package and follow the instructions. Once the plug-in is deployed start SDL Trados Studio. The application will automatically detect the presence of the updated plug-in package, verify it, extract its contents into c:\Users\[username]\AppData\Roaming\SDL\SDL Trados Studio\[StudioVersionNumber\Plugins\Unpackaged and load it.

Note that it is essential that you increase the verion of the plug-in package as listed in the plug-in manifest, or the update will not be applied.

To uninstall a plug-in, simply run the SDL Plugin Manager that is installed with SDL Trados Studio 2015 or later. If you have an older SDL Trados Studio version please install if from here.