# How to know the kibana plugin well installed **URL:** \ **Category:** Kibana\ **Created:** [July 9, 2018, 1:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-know-the-kibana-plugin-well-installed/139182 "2018-07-09T13:43:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![asallemi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c6cbf5/32.png) [@asallemi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/asallemi)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2018, 1:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-know-the-kibana-plugin-well-installed/139182/1 "2018-07-09T13:43:41Z")
Hello, I am using Kibana 6.3 and I installed some plugins in my instance from this [link](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/known-plugins.html). I follow this instructions: 1- Stop Kibana server. 2- Clone the plugin into **KIBANA\_HOME/plugins** from github and execute **npm i** if needed. 3- Restart Kibana server. 4- Consult the **Visualize-\>new** menu to check the pluggin added. After installation, there are some plugins which they are not displayed in the visualization type list, no error message. The question: **how to know why the plugin doesn't work ?** (log, console,...) Thanks for advance. ---
**Author:** ![christophilus](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christophilus/32/42991_2.png) [@christophilus](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/christophilus)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2018, 2:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-know-the-kibana-plugin-well-installed/139182/2 "2018-07-09T14:38:14Z")
Hi @asallemi. You need to explicitly install the plugin, not just download them into the /plugins directory. Try following the guidance here: [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/install-plugin.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/install-plugin.html) If there's a problem installing a plugin using those directions, you should see the diagnostics in the terminal. Best of luck. ---
**Author:** ![asallemi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c6cbf5/32.png) [@asallemi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/asallemi)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2018, 2:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-know-the-kibana-plugin-well-installed/139182/3 "2018-07-09T14:58:45Z")
If I try to install a plugin using this **bin/kibana-plugin install file:///some/local/path/my-plugin.zip** I got this msg **Plugin installation was unsuccessful due to error "No kibana plugins found in archive"**. ---
**Author:** ![christophilus](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christophilus/32/42991_2.png) [@christophilus](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/christophilus)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2018, 3:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-know-the-kibana-plugin-well-installed/139182/4 "2018-07-09T15:10:53Z")
Hm. It sounds like maybe you have an invalid plugin, then. You might want to double-check that you've downloaded a Kibana plugin that matches the version of Kibana you're running. If all else fails, you may want to reach out to the plugin author(s). ---
**Author:** ![asallemi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c6cbf5/32.png) [@asallemi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/asallemi)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2018, 6:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-know-the-kibana-plugin-well-installed/139182/5 "2018-07-10T06:55:30Z")
I already installed plugins with specific version (which I'm using). Thanks @christophilus. ---
**Author:** ![christophilus](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christophilus/32/42991_2.png) [@christophilus](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/christophilus)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2018, 1:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-know-the-kibana-plugin-well-installed/139182/6 "2018-07-10T13:16:47Z")
Is installation failing for all plugins you are attempting to install, or only for some? ---
**Author:** ![asallemi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c6cbf5/32.png) [@asallemi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/asallemi)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2018, 1:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-know-the-kibana-plugin-well-installed/139182/7 "2018-07-10T13:24:01Z")
I installed just the plugins with version 6.3. For example I installed **Radar** plugin (from [here](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/known-plugins.html)) it works perfectly ! I just **cloned it into KIBANA\_HOME/plugins** and I execute **npm i**. But with **$ bin/kibana-plugin install https://....zip** doesn't work I got always an error message! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 1:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-know-the-kibana-plugin-well-installed/139182/8 "2018-08-07T13:24:07Z")
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