Bug 28494

Summary:	Can't enable plugins on a new instance of Koha
Product:	Koha	Reporter:	Stefan Norinder <somesecretemail>
Component:	System Administration	Assignee:	Bugs List <koha-bugs>
Status:	CLOSED INVALID	QA Contact:	Testopia <testopia>
Severity:	major
Priority:	P5 - low	CC:	caroline.cyr-la-rose, gmcharlt, magnus
Version:	20.05
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
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Description Stefan Norinder 2021-06-01 11:19:43 UTC

The system preference UseKohaPlugins is lacking in version 20.05 and 20.11. 

Steps to reproduce: 
1. Install a new instance of Koha version 20.11 
2. Change <enable_plugins>0</enable_plugins> to <enable_plugins>1</enable_plugins> in your koha-conf.xml file to enable plugin functionality
3, Restart web server
4. Search for system preference UseKohaPlugins i administration module i Koha 

Result: "No system preferences matched your search for: UseKohaPlugins"

Expected: system preferences UseKohaPlugins displayed. 

This has the unfortunate effect that you can't enable plugins on a new instance. (If you already have plugins enabled and upgraded to version  20.05, the plugin functionality continuous to be enabled)

Comment 1 Katrin Fischer 2021-06-01 11:54:41 UTC

Hi Stefan, this is not a bug, the prefernce has been removed. The koha-conf switch + permissions was deemed to be enough.

Comment 2 Katrin Fischer 2021-06-01 11:55:21 UTC

If you don't see the plugin options after changing koha-conf, try restarting Plack, Memcached, Apache etc. usually it's something like that :)

Comment 3 Magnus Enger 2021-06-01 12:05:41 UTC

Looks like it is still in the 20.05 docs: https://koha-community.org/manual/20.05/en/html/systempreferences.html#usekohaplugins

Comment 4 Katrin Fischer 2021-06-01 12:12:38 UTC

I found and linked the bug - it was removed in 20.05, possibly missed a manual update (provide a patch? :) )

Comment 5 Caroline Cyr La Rose 2022-06-03 20:03:33 UTC

It's not in the manual anymore