[Qgis-user] How to permanently enable a plugin?

[Richard Duivenvoorde]

On 4/7/23 13:36, Adam Nielsen via QGIS-User wrote:
> Is there a way to permanently have them ticked, like the system plugins
> are, so that I don't have to go in and re-enable them every time I load
> QGIS?

Hi Adam,

Your preferred behavior IS the normal behavior.... so it is strange that in your environment QGIS behaves as is...

Normally when QGIS starts, it uses a so called 'profile folder' (see Settings/User Profiles/Open Active Profile folder).
QGIS saves a lot of state and information in that folder. To be precise, in the file (in that folder) QGIS/QGIS3.ini you find a block: [PythonPlugins] which has all 'activated' plugins. So next time QGIS starts it will enable those again.

If this is not working for you, I could think of some reasons:
- your profile folder is read only (OR the QGIS3.ini is not writable)
- your company let you start every time with a pristine copy of your profile (loosing your 'ticks')
Is that possible?

If all fails: you can start qgis (on the command line) by pointing to another place for all profiles:
qgis --profiles-path <folder>
makes qgis start with a fresh profile in that folder

Hth, regards,

Richard Duivenvoorde