{"version":"2.1.323","anchor":"plugin-load-falls-back-to-installed-copy-when-marketplace-ve","canonical_anchor":"plugin-load-falls-back-to-installed-copy-when-marketplace-ve","heading":"Plugins whose marketplace version needs a newer Claude Code keep working","tier":"notice","area":"Plugins","scope":"individual","heads_up":false,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.323\/e\/plugin-load-falls-back-to-installed-copy-when-marketplace-ve","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.323","markdown":"### Plugins whose marketplace version needs a newer Claude Code keep working\n\nIf a plugin's marketplace version needs another Claude Code version, Claude Code now loads your installed copy instead\n\n**Unclear.** It is not clear whether there is a command you can run to install one of those older compatible versions.\n\n**What**\n\nA plugin can state which versions of Claude Code it works with. If the version in the marketplace says it needs a different Claude Code, or that version check fails, Claude Code now loads the copy you already have installed. Before, it always loaded the marketplace version.\n\nClaude Code can also now list older versions of a plugin that work with your Claude Code, and point to the newest one that does.\n\n**Why**\n\nA plugin update no longer breaks the plugin for people on an older Claude Code.\n\n- Area: Plugins\n- Tier: You'll notice\n- Useful: 2\/5\n- Signal: 1\/5\n- Scope: individual\n- Heads-up: no"}