How to install plugins
The steps we must follow to install qBittorent plugins are as follows:
- Go to the menu at the top of the program, in the toolbar
- Choose the “View” option from the menus at the top
- Activate “Search Engine”As you can see in the image below
By activating the search engine, it will force you to install python if you don’t have it installed already. An installation window will open and you just have to wait a few seconds for it to complete in order to continue with the steps.
Once you have activated this option and have installed Python, you will have to go to the top bar where you see “Transfers” and “Search”. Choose Search next to the magnifying glass icon and open this window. In the upper right corner you will find “Search plugins …” where you must click on your computer to install some.
Integrated search engine
Once we open this option, we have to tap on “Check for updates.” We will be shown all the search plugins installed by default and we can choose whether or not we want them to be enabled. They are integrated so you just have to go to the qBittorent search bar to find the content you want and these will start working automatically. In the results, you will see a tab that indicates the search engine that has been used and you can touch on the top to sort according to one or the other, as you can see in the screenshot below.
In addition, the search bar allows us to choose the engines we want to use. You can open a drop down menu where you see “Only enabled” and here all there will appear. You will be able to choose between searching in all those that are enabled or selecting a specific one that you want to use to carry out the search.
Add new
In the previous window, we will have two options depending on whether we want to use a local file or search for the URL. Tap on “Install a new one” and you will see a dialog box where you can choose to install from a local file or from a web link.
Link
If you choose web link, you will simply have to copy the url of the new plugin search engine and confirm with “accept” to be added.
Local file
Tapping on “Local File” will open a window for you to select the file you want to install as search plugins. You simply have to enter the path of the file itself or search for it among the documents on your computer. Choose the .py file and confirm with “Open”To complete the process and start using it.
How to find new plugins
The most recommended option to find new plugins is to look for the link and paste it following the previous steps, you will save having to download the file. But be that as it may, we can find them from pages and repositories like Github. In the section or section “qbittorrent” of Github we can find a list of search plugins that we can incorporate into the program if we want to add more options to find the content we want.
In the list we can see that the add-ons, as explained, are shown with an X or with an exclamation point if they may cause other add-ons to malfunction or slow them down. These marked with these exclamation or warning signs They are discouraged but you can also access them if just that version is the one you want or the one you need.
On the Github list we will see a series of data: the search engine, the author or repository, the version, the last update or a comment. Also, the necessary link that you have to copy to follow the previous steps and add it. You will see that there are the main websites such as Elitetorrent, ETTV, ExtraTorrent, GloTorrent, KickasTorrent …
How to use the installed plugin
Once we have installed the plugins we are interested in, we can ask qBittorent to only use these to perform searches. We can configure it previously to choose some of them or to choose just one.
- Open qBittorent
- Go to the lower right corner: Search Plugins
- All those that are installed will appear
- Tap on “Search for updates»In case you need to update the list
Once they all appear, double-click on the ones you want to stop using until they turn red. This will temporarily disable them.
If you want them not only not to be enabled but you consider that you will never use them, you can also uninstall them forever with a couple of clicks: right-click on any of the ones you don’t want, several options will open and choose “Uninstall”. It will automatically be removed from the list and from the program. On the other hand, if you disable it, it will simply stop working at that moment and you can repeat it as many times as you want to enable it again.
You’ll see those enabled in green and the disabled ones in red at a glance but you will also see “Yes or no” on the last column. Once you have chosen the ones you want, we can use the installed plugin or the plugins installed in qBittorent without having to use the ones that already came.
To do this, the steps are simple: Go to the search engine at the top of the tool and type what you want in the search bar. On the right side there are some filters that we have explained in previous paragraphs. You can use the first one to choose the type of file you want: anime, games, music, movies, pro… tv, software. Or mark “all”. Once you have chosen that, the filter that interests us and that we have already mentioned before arrives: choose the search engine.
In the drop-down you will only see the ones that you have previously enabled so you have two options: choose one of them or check the option “only enabled”. This way you can only use the plugins installed in qBittorrent by yourself manually.