{"version":"2.1.281","anchor":"plugin-status-check-resolves-the-installed-plugin-identity","canonical_anchor":"plugin-status-check-resolves-the-installed-plugin-identity","heading":"Plugin status check resolves the installed plugin identity","tier":null,"area":null,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.281\/e\/plugin-status-check-resolves-the-installed-plugin-identity","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.281","markdown":"### Plugin status check resolves the installed plugin identity\n\nPlugin status checks now match installed plugins by their resolved name and marketplace\n\n**What**\n\nA plugin is an add-on that extends Claude Code, and it is installed from a marketplace (a catalogue of plugins). When Claude Code checks the plugins you have enabled, it now does three things:\n\n- looks up each installed plugin\n\n- puts the plugin's name into a standard form\n\n- matches that name and its marketplace against the enabled entries\n\nAn enabled entry that cannot be matched this way is still reported as \"plugin not installed\".\n\n**Why**\n\nThe check now compares enabled plugins against the identity of what is actually installed."}