This Tool Merges All Your Blender Add-On Panels Into One Menu

Stephanie AlmogabarJunior Editor21 September 2026

You can get it for free.

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Plugin Hub, created by calebdeleon, is a Blender add-on that lets you merge other add-ons into one menu, making it easier to search for the one you need.

It consolidates the tabs you choose into a single Plugins tab, where each add-on becomes a collapsible section. It doesn't hide, disable, or wrap anything — each panel is still drawn by the add-on's own code; only its tab assignment changes.

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Plugin Hub gives you three ways in: a combined sidebar tab, a Plugins menu in the top bar, or a separate floating window showing just the sidebar, which is useful for multi-monitor setups.

You're in full control of what gets merged. Hit Scan, and the add-on lists every sidebar tab it finds, along with how many panels each one has. From there, you can toggle each tab individually — either leave it where it is or fold it into the combined Plugins tab.

It also has arrows to set the order the add-ons appear in. A rescan won't reshuffle that order, and any new add-on you enable will simply land at the end.

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"Plugin Hub captures every panel's category, parent, order and options before it changes anything. Restore Original Tabs replays that capture. The test suite does not check that collecting worked — it checks that collect followed by restore leaves every panel identical to before, including after collecting twice in a row. 16 of 16 passing on Blender 4.5.11 and 5.2.0, against 11 real add-on tabs.

Disabling or removing the add-on restores everything automatically. Nothing is left behind in your preferences, your .blend files, or anywhere else."

The author explained that Plugin Hub has a few limitations:

• Some add-ons can re-register themselves back onto their own tab automatically — pressing Rescan collects them again.
• The persisted order comes from the arrows, not from dragging.
• It only works with 3D viewport sidebar panels — add-ons that use the Properties editor or their own editor aren't affected.
• Blender's own tabs are never moved.
• The separate window is a 3D viewport with everything but the sidebar hidden.

You can get Plugin Hub here for free.

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