Plex Movie Plugins
Riitta Palazzo
I tested nearly 100 of the most popular Plex plugins to find out which ones still work. I found that while the service has phased out most UI apps and streaming plugins, there are still some great utility plugins for Plex you can rely on for now.
WebTools is one of the most popular Plex plugins and gives you access to a range of useful functions including subtitle management, media search, log files, and technical information about your server.
Best of all, it gives you access to the Unsupported App Store. With the official Plugins Directory closed down, the UAS is the easiest way to find and install plugins for Plex. WebTools is no longer being actively developed, but both it and the UAS will be maintained until Plex plugin support is completely removed.
Like the Unsupported App Store, Kitana gives you an easy way to access and manage your Plex plugins now that the streaming service has disabled its UI plugins. Kitana was originally developed for Sub-Zero, but you can now use it as an interface to manage all of your plugins for Plex.
Trakt.tv is a handy tool that lets you sync everything you watch over different devices and even different streaming services. Its Plex Scrobbler adds all of your Plex watch data to your trakt.tv profile, including your viewing history and how you rated shows and movies. Trakt then uses your data to recommend other content you might like across all of your synced streaming providers (it works with Netflix, Kodi, Emby, MediaPortal, and more).
Plex-Sync is a simple but useful utility that allows you to sync the content on all your servers. This means that when you start watching media on one server, its watched status migrates to all the other servers. Users with access to your server can start watching a media file on one server, pause, and continue from the same place on any other server you choose to sync with.
There used to be hundreds of fun, helpful, and entertaining Plex plugins. But ever since the company decided to stop supporting plugins that interact with its UI, the list of viable tools has dwindled.
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The official Plex plugins that everyone loved are no longer available as Plex withdrew the official Plugin directory along with its support. Currently, Plex does not provide official or unofficial plugins but still supports the manual installation of third-party plugins.
One of the most widely-used Plex plugins, WebTools features the Unsupported App Store that offers access to a host of user-generated content and unofficial Plex channels. It also features logging tools and a playlist management module along with a subtitle management module. You also have the ability to scan for unmatched or missing media.
Tautulli is a must-have add-on for anybody who shares their library with others. It provides statistics surrounding your Plex server like what has been watched and who watched it. Furthermore, Tautulli is a good notifications tool and enables you to use custom scripts that modify the functionality significantly. For example, you could limit streams to users on your local network.
Some Plex users want their server to recreate the theater experience at home, and a huge part of that involves watching trailers for yet-to-be released and upcoming movies. The TheaterTrailers plugin automatically adds and plays the latest movie trailers before your video begins. These are removed as soon as the film is released to the general public.
The move to remove support for plugins and a host of other features came after Plex discontinued its Cloud service due to technical difficulties. However, users can still use plugins on Plex by installing them manually.
The easiest way to find the Plex Plugins is to visit the Plex forum. It even has a dedicated page where you can discover the latest third-party plugins and the different issues users face with regards to their installation, usage, etc.
Absolutely. Plex uses SSL certificates to protect important information and allows setting custom access restrictions for content sharing. However, you should exercise caution when installing Plex plugins as some of them could be malicious.
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