Editing Notepad++ (section)

=== Plugins ===
Notepad++ has support for [[Macro (computer science)|macros]] and [[Plug-in (computing)|plugins]],<ref>{{cite news
 |last1=Smith
 |first1=Tim
 |date=21 September 2009
 |url=http://www.computeractive.co.uk/computeractive/downloads/2196837/notepad
 |title=Notepad++ 5.5
 |access-date=1 October 2009
 |publisher=[[Computeractive]]
 |url-status=dead
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090719155339/http://www.computeractive.co.uk/computeractive/downloads/2196837/notepad
 |archive-date=19 July 2009
}}</ref> and has been remarked for its robust plugin architecture which enabled various new features to be integrated into the program.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.itworld.com/article/2833295/open-source-tools/tools-we-love--notepad--.html |title=Tools we love: Notepad++ |first=Matthew |last=Mombrea |publisher=ITWorld Magazine |date=15 November 2013 |access-date=18 February 2016 |archive-date=7 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190107233407/https://www.itworld.com/article/2833295/open-source-tools/tools-we-love--notepad--.html |url-status=dead}}</ref> Currently, over 140 compatible plugins are developed for Notepad++, 10 of which are included by default in the program.<ref name="download">{{cite web |url=http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/download.php |title=Notepad++ |publisher=sourceforge.net}}</ref> The first plugin to be included in the program was ''"TextFX"'', which includes W3C validation for HTML and CSS, text sorting, character case alteration and quote handling.<ref name="textfx">{{cite web |title=TextFX's_Future |url=http://docs.notepad-plus-plus.org/index.php/TextFX's_Future |work=SourceForge |access-date=8 March 2022 |archive-date=27 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190127001612/http://docs.notepad-plus-plus.org/index.php/TextFX%27s_Future |url-status=dead}}</ref>