How to Add the Missing Plugins

How to add HTML, PHP and C++ plus other Plugins to Apache NetBeans 9.0 on Windows, MacOS and Linux.

On the NetBeans menu:

Click on Tools
Click on Plugins. The Plugins window will open.
In the Plugins window, select the Settings tab.
Click on the button marked Add
In the Name field enter: NetBeans Distribution
In the URL field enter the following URL:
http://updates.netbeans.org/netbeans/updates/8.2/uc/final/distribution/catalog.xml.gz
Click OK
Click on the Updates tab
Click on Check for updates. If there are any updates, select them and click the Update button
Click on the Available Plugins tab
You can now select the plugins you want to install.

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As a guide, these are the plugins which come with the default HTML, PHP configuration of NetBeans 8.2. There are some Optional plugins at the end which you may find useful. Some may already be installed:

C/C++
Color Codes Preview
ESLint
Emmet
JSHint
Markdown Support
Node.js Editor Support
PHP Enhancements
Php Manual Search (salc - from the repository)
Show current GIT branch in statusbar
Show path in titlebar
* Git toolbar
* JSON Navigator
* NetBeans: CapsLock Notifier
* NetBeans: Statusline Clock
* NetBeans: Statusline Memory Usage
* NetbeansRegexPlugin
* PHP CS Fixer
* PHP WordPress Blog/CMS

* Optional

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Complete List of installed Plugins

NetBeans 8.2 “All” Installation (no user-installed Plugins)
These are from my default NetBeans 8.2 “All” installation, some will already be installed on your system:

        AngularJS Editor
        Ant
        ApiGen
        Atoum
        Bugzilla
        C/C++
        CSS Preprocessors
        CSS Source Model
        Codeception
        Composer
        Cordova Support
        Database
        Docker Editor
        Docker UI
        Doctrine2 Framework
        EJB and EAR
        Editor Indentation Support
        Embedded Browser UI - JavaFX WebView
        External Libraries UI
        GUI Builder
        Git
        Groovy and Grails
        HTML Custom
        HTML5 Kit
        Hibernate
        Hudson
        Hudson UI
        ICEfaces
        IDE Platform
        INI File Editor Support
        JSF
        Java
        Java Debugger
        Java EE Base
        Java ME Common Ant Tasks
        Java ME Core
        Java ME Keystore Management
        Java ME Project
        Java Persistence
        JavaFX 2 Scene Builder
        JavaFX 2 Support
        JavaScript2 JSX | React
        JavaScript2 Json
        JavaScript2 Kit
        Knockout HTML Editor
        Latte Templates
        Local History
        Local Tasks
        Maven
        Mercurial
        NetBeans Plugin Development
        Nette Tester
        Nette2 Framework
        Notifications
        Oracle JET Support
        PHP
        PHP Static Analysis
        PHPUnit
        Phing Support
        PhpDocumentor 2
        PrimeFaces
        REST HTML5 Client
        RESTful Web Services
        RichFaces
        SOAP Web Services
        Service Registry
        Smarty Framework
        Spellchecker
        Spellchecker English Dictionaries
        Spring Beans
        Spring Web MVC
        Struts
        Subversion
        Symfony 2/3 Framework
        Symfony Framework (legacy)
        Twig Templates
        XML Entity Catalog UI
        Zend Framework
        Zend Framework 2

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Commands & Links:

NetBeans IDE 8.2 Plugin Centre:

http://updates.netbeans.org/netbeans/updates/8.2/uc/final/distribution/catalog.xml.gz

List of Plugins Gist: https://gist.github.com/JQL/2a3c91ab4996483f7f4ca1ad0ead8dd2

NetBeans Transition from Oracle: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Apache+Transition