I've been using Geany for years and today I recommended it to a friend. He installed it on Ubuntu then asked,

*Friend:* How do I get spell checking? *Me:* oh, that's a separate plugin, just install it. *Friend:* ...how?

Turns out I didn't remember how I installed the plugin. My friend sent me a screenshot of the Plugin manager:


No option to search for plugins in a repository.

So I googled "Geany spell check" and pointed him to https://plugins.geany.org/spellcheck.html

But that page doesn't even say how to download or install the plugin:

Usage After installed [sic] successfully

[how?]

Turns out other plugins also assumes the user already knows how to install them: [Markdown](https://plugins.geany.org/markdown.html), [Codenav](https://plugins.geany.org/codenav.html) etc.

I know plugins are 3rd party, but there must be something Geany itself can do. For example, Codenav uses the same English mistake "After installed successfully", which suggests these plugin About pages are cloned from somewhere. A first, simple step, would be to add install instructions to that plugin documentation template.

1. Spell checking is such a common plugin. Can it ship by default, like the plugins in the screenshot above? 2. In general, how can we make it easier to install plugins?